Justice HUDSON delivered the opinion of the court:
Defendant, Maurice DuPree, appeals the summary dismissal of his petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 2006)) from his conviction by a jury of first-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a) (West 1998)). Defendant contends that his petition sets out the gist of meritorious claims that (1) he was denied his constitutional right to be present at the jury instructions...
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