PEOPLE v. MORRIS

Nos. 105989, 106592.

925 N.E.2d 1069 (2010)

236 Ill.2d 345

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. James MORRIS, Appellant. The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Jesse Holborow, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied March 22, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defender, and Rebecca I. Levy, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellant in No. 105989.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney, Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Alan J. Spellberg and Sarah L. Simpson, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People in No. 105989.

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Gary R. Peterson, Deputy Defender, and Michael Delcomyn, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellant in No. 106592.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney, Chicago (Michael A. Scodro, Solicitor General, and Michael M. Glick, Erica Seyburn, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People in No. 106592.


OPINION

Chief Justice FITZGERALD delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

In this consolidated appeal, defendants, James Morris and Jesse Holborow, contest the first-stage dismissals of their respective postconviction petitions. Defendant Morris entered a negotiated plea of guilty in the circuit court of Cook County to two counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault in exchange for concurrent sentences...

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