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PEOPLE v. HOBSON

No. 1-06-2575.

897 N.E.2d 421 (2008)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Russell HOBSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

November 14, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Stephanie A. Fisher, Assistant Appellate Defender, Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Cook County, James E. Fitzgerald, Peter Fisher, and Kathleen Warnick, Assistant State's Attorneys, of Counsel, Chicago, IL, for Appellees.

Justice JOSEPH GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Russell Hobson, who was charged and convicted of first degree murder, appeals from the second-stage dismissal of his successive petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 2000)). He contends that the circuit court erred in dismissing his petition without an evidentiary hearing, where he made a substantial showing of ineffective assistance...

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