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PEOPLE v. LEASON

No. 1-02-3722.

816 N.E.2d 747 (2004)

352 Ill. App.3d 450

287 Ill.Dec. 780

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Martin LEASON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

September 9, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin A. Burnette, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Protase M. Tinka, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Alan J. Spellberg, Miles J. Keleher, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Martin Leason appeals from the summary dismissal of his successive pro se postconviction petition. He contends on appeal that the trial court erred in summarily dismissing his petition because it established the gist of a meritorious claim that he was denied a fair trial where the trial court failed to question potential jurors about gang bias despite the fact that gang testimony was pervasive at...

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