PEOPLE v. WRICE

No. 111860.

962 N.E.2d 934 (2012)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Stanley WRICE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

February 2, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield, and Stuart A. Nudelman , Special State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Myles P. O'Rourke , Andrew N. Levine , Rafael A. Bombino and Brian J. Stefanich , Assistant Special State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Alan D. Goldberg , Deputy Defender, and Heidi Linn Lambros , Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellee.

Robert M. Stephenson and Steven W. Becker , of Becker Stephenson LLC, of Chicago, for amicus curiae the Chicago Innocence Project.

G. Flint Taylor, Jr. , and Joey L. Moguel , of the People's Law Office, and Locke E. Bowman and Alexa A. Van Brunt , all of Chicago, for amicus curiae Persons Concerned about the Integrity of the Illinois Criminal Justice System.


OPINION

Justice THEIS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

¶ 1 In October 2007, defendant Stanley Wrice filed a petition in the circuit court of Cook County seeking leave to file a second successive postconviction petition challenging his 1983 convictions for rape and deviate sexual assault. Defendant alleged that newly discovered evidence substantiated his prior claim that his confession was the product of police brutality and torture...

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