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PEOPLE v. CORTEZ

No. 1-00-3668.

788 N.E.2d 243 (2003)

338 Ill. App.3d 122

272 Ill.Dec. 939

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jesse CORTEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

March 31, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynda J. Khan, Chicago, for defendant-appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Veronica Calderon Malavia, Miles J. Keleher, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, the petitioner, Jesse Cortez, was convicted of one count of first degree murder and one count of attempted murder. On December 9, 1993, petitioner was sentenced to concurrent terms of 35 and 15 years.

On June 15, 1998, petitioner filed a pro se postconviction petition. On February 9, 1999, the State filed a motion to dismiss the petition as untimely. Petitioner filed a response...

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