PEOPLE v. BARBER

No. 3-05-0847.

886 N.E.2d 1040 (2008)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Billie D. BARBER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

As Modified Upon Denial of Rehearing April 11, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billie D. Barber, Pontiac, for Billie D. Barber.

Terry A. Mertel, Deputy Director, Rita Kennedy Mertel, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Stewart Umholtz, State's Attorney, Pekin, for the People.


Modified Upon Denial of Rehearing

Justice CARTER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Billie D. Barber, appealed the trial court's denial of leave to file a successive postconviction petition. After modifying our opinion upon denial of the defendant's petition for rehearing, we affirm.

In 1982, a jury found the defendant guilty of murder (Ill.Rev.Stat.1981, ch. 38, par. 9-1). The trial court sentenced him to natural life imprisonment...

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