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PEOPLE v. SWAMYNATHAN

No. 2-07-0239.

895 N.E.2d 669 (2008)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ramesh K. SWAMYNATHAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

September 15, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Lilien, Deputy Defender, Barbara R. Paschen, Office of State Appellate Defender, Elgin, IL, for Appellant.

Michael J. Waller, Lake County State's Attorney, Waukegan, Lawrence M. Bauer, Deputy Director State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutor, Cynthia N. Schneider, State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, IL, for Appellee.

Justice HUTCHINSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Ramesh K. Swamynathan, appeals from the trial court's order dismissing his pro se petition for relief pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (the Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 2006)) as frivolous and patently without merit. Defendant's petition attacked his conviction of first-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a) (West 2002)), which was entered after he pleaded guilty but mentally...

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