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PEOPLE v. HIXSON

No. 4-10-0777.

965 N.E.2d 447 (2012)

358 Ill. Dec. 376

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Falanzo M. HIXSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

January 23, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Springfield, Johannah B. Weber , Deputy Defender, John H. Gleason , Asst. App. Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, for Falanzo M. Hixson.

Julia Rietz , Champaign County State's Attorney, Urbana ( Patrick Delfino , Director, Robert J. Biderman , Dep. Director, Denise M. Ambrose , Staff Attorney, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, of counsel), for the People.

OPINION

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

¶ 1 In August 2010, the trial court denied defendant's pro se postconviction petition and found defendant in direct criminal contempt of court for mailing to the circuit court an order which "on its face purports to have been signed by this Court as Presiding Justice." Additionally, the court sentenced defendant—for the direct criminal contempt—to six months...

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