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PEOPLE v. PURNELL

No. 4-02-0253.

825 N.E.2d 1234 (2005)

356 Ill. App.3d 524

292 Ill.Dec. 223

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Willie E. PURNELL, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

March 31, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel and Lawrence Bapst, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

John C. Piland, State's Attorney, of Urbana (Norbert J. Goetten, Robert J. Biderman, and David E. Mannchen, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

In February 2002, defendant, Willie E. Purnell, an inmate at Illinois River Correctional Center, filed a habeas corpus petition. Later that month, the trial court dismissed Purnell's petition, finding that (1) it failed to state a claim for habeas corpus relief and (2) if considered as a postconviction petition, the claims therein were barred by principles of forfeiture and res judicata.

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