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PEOPLE v. COUCH

No. 4-10-0234.

970 N.E.2d 1270 (2012)

361 Ill. Dec. 324

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Steven COUCH, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender's Office, Springfield, Peter A. Carusona , Jay Wiegman , State Appellate Defender's Office, Ottawa, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, Chicago ( Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor General, Michael M. Glick , Joshua M. Schneider , Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for the People.

OPINION

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

¶ 1 In December 2009, defendant, Steven Couch, pro se filed a petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1 to 122-8 (West 2008)), asserting he was denied his right to a fair trial because the trial judge, Judge Claudia Anderson, was biased against him, given that (1) as a youth he had fought with the trial judge's stepson and (2) his mother had...

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