PEOPLE v. BOCLAIR

Nos. 89388, 89471, 89534.

789 N.E.2d 734 (2002)

202 Ill.2d 89

273 Ill.Dec. 560

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Stanley BOCLAIR, Appellant. The People of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Joe McCain, Appellee. The People of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Earnest Johnson, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied December 2, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel T. Pelz, Jeffrey T. Shaw, Clark C. Johnson, of Jenner & Block, L.L.C. Chicago, for appellant in No. 89388.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, Donald Bernardi, State's Attorney, Pontiac (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, William L. Browers, Anne S. Bagby, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People in No. 89388.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, Robert Haida, State's Attorney, Belleville (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, William L. Browers, Anne S. Bagby, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, Norbert J. Goetten, Stephen E. Norris, Gerry R. Arnold, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, of counsel), for the People in No. 89471.

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, Donna K. Kelly, Thomas A. Karalis, Assistant Defenders, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for appellee in No. 89471.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, Jeffrey Farris, State's Attorney, Cairo (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, William L. Browers, Anne S. Bagby, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, Norbert J. Goetten, Stephen E. Norris, Gerry R. Arnold, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, of counsel), for the People in No. 89534.

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, Thomas A. Karalis, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for appellee in No. 89534.


Justice KILBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendants in these three consolidated cases, Stanley Boclair, Joe McCain, and Earnest Johnson, were separately convicted of various unrelated crimes and are currently incarcerated. Their convictions were affirmed on direct review. Subsequently, each defendant filed a petition for post-conviction relief. The circuit court summarily dismissed each post-conviction petition. All three defendants appealed.

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