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PEOPLE v. HARRIS

No. 102017.

862 N.E.2d 960 (2007)

224 Ill.2d 115

308 Ill.Dec. 757

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Charles HARRIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

January 19, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, Kim Robert Fawcett, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Julia Rietz, State's Attorney, Urbana (Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, Michael M. Glick, Katherine D. Saunders, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Chief Justice THOMAS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

Defendant, Charles Harris, was convicted of first degree murder. The circuit court of Champaign County sentenced him to 55 years' imprisonment. While his direct appeal was pending, defendant filed a pro se petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (the Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 2002)). The trial court summarily dismissed the petition as frivolous and patently without...

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