PEOPLE v. BROWN

Nos. 106243, 106273.

923 N.E.2d 748 (2010)

236 Ill.2d 175

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. Raymond BROWN, Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

February 4, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defender, Yasaman Hannah Navai, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellant and cross-appellee.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine and Anita Alvarez, State's Attorneys, Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Alan J. Spellberg, Brian K. Hodes and Mary P. Needham, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

Justice KILBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

Petitioner Raymond Brown alleged in a pro se postconviction petition that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to request a fitness hearing. The circuit court of Cook County summarily dismissed the petition as frivolous and patently without merit. The circuit court also assessed fees and court costs of $155 under section...

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