PEOPLE v. BROOKS

No. 99293.

851 N.E.2d 59 (2006)

221 Ill.2d 381

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Claude BROOKS, Jr., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 2006.


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, Joan F. Frazier, Ashley Romito, Alan J. Spellberg, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Jennifer L. Blagg, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellee.


Justice FREEMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Claude Brooks, Jr., was convicted of the predatory criminal sexual assault of his eight-year-old stepdaughter. After the appellate court affirmed his conviction, defendant filed a pro se petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 2002)) as well as a motion for DNA testing pursuant...

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