PEOPLE v. MILLER

No. 89408.

786 N.E.2d 989 (2002)

203 Ill.2d 433

272 Ill.Dec. 155

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Joseph R. MILLER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Modified Upon Denial of Rehearing April 1, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Burke and Kathryn Saltmarsh, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, and Jon Gray Noll and Ralph E. Williams, Springfield, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, and William L. Browers and Colleen M. Griffin, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Justice THOMAS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Joseph R. Miller, appeals from the dismissal of his post-conviction petition without an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

In the late 1970s, defendant murdered two women and disposed of their bodies by the side of a road. He was convicted of these murders and sentenced to the Department of Corrections (DOC). In April 1993, he was released from prison. Five months later, he killed...

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