PEOPLE v. GRENKO

No. 4-03-0294.

825 N.E.2d 1222 (2005)

356 Ill. App.3d 532

292 Ill.Dec. 211

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Deborah S. GRENKO, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

March 28, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed), Michelle A. Zalisko, Assistant Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, for Deborah Grenko.

John C. Piland, Champaign County State's Attorney, Urbana, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Thomas R. Dodegge, of counsel, Springfield, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, for the People.


Presiding Justice COOK delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Deborah S. Grenko, appeals the order summarily dismissing her pro se petition filed under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1 through 122-8 (West 2002)). Defendant argues the circuit court applied the wrong standard in dismissing her petition at the first stage of postconviction proceedings and she raised the gist of a meritorious claim. We affirm.

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