PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 1-07-3325.

910 N.E.2d 677 (2009)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

Rehearing Denied July 23, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anita Alvarez, Cook County State's Atty. (James E. Fitzgerald, Kathleen Warnick and Amanda L. Warmington, Asst. State's Attorneys, of counsel), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defender of Cook County (David T. Harris, Asst. Appellate Defender), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.


Justice McBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Donald Johnson, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County granting the State's motion to dismiss his successive petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 2004)). He contends that the circuit court erred in dismissing his petition where he made a substantial showing that he did not receive the benefit of the bargain he made with...

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