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PEOPLE v. HENDERSON

Nos. 3-01-0120, 3-01-0745.

777 N.E.2d 1048 (2002)

334 Ill. App.3d 290

268 Ill.Dec. 125

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellees, v. Melvin HENDERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

September 20, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kerry J. Bryson, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for Melvin Henderson.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Marshall E. Douglas, State's Attorney, Rock Island, Richard T. Leonard, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for the People.

Justice McDADE, delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Melvin Henderson, was convicted of unlawful possession of a controlled substance on April 20, 2000, and was sentenced to five years' imprisonment. He filed a pro se post-conviction petition, which was summarily dismissed on January 11, 2001. Defendant appeals from his final judgment of conviction and the dismissal of his postconviction petition. We reverse and remand.

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