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PEOPLE v. THOMPSON

No. 1-07-0763.

890 N.E.2d 1119 (2008)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dennis THOMPSON, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

June 24, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, County of Cook, (James E. Fitzgerald, Annette Collins, of counsel) Chicago, IL, for Appellee.

Steven O. Ross, Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

Justice SOUTH delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Dennis Thompson, Jr., appeals the trial court's denial of his motion for leave to file a successive postconviction petition without an evidentiary hearing. Defendant was convicted of the first degree murders of his father, Dennis Thompson, Sr., and Don Renee Rouse, a female acquaintance of his father, following a bench trial. He was subsequently sentenced to a term of natural life imprisonment, although...

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