PEOPLE v. ROBINSON

No. 97267.

838 N.E.2d 930 (2005)

217 Ill.2d 43

298 Ill.Dec. 37

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. Emmanuel ROBINSON, Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

October 20, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (Linda D. Woloshin, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, Renee G. Goldfarb, Michele Grimaldi Stein, Alan J. Spellberg, Owen D. Kalt, Annette Collins, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Jennifer Bonjean, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellee and cross-appellant.


Justice GARMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, Emmanuel Robinson, filed a pro se petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (the Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 2000)), challenging his convictions for first degree murder and attempted first degree murder. The circuit court of Cook County summarily dismissed his petition as frivolous or patently without merit. See 725 ILCS 5/122-2.1(a)(2) (West 2000). Twelve days after the order...

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