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PEOPLE v. EVANS

Docket No. 113471.

989 N.E.2d 1096 (2013)

2013 IL 113471

371 Ill. Dec. 168

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. George EVANS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied May 28, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Alan D. Goldberg , Deputy Defender, and Patrick F. Cassidy , Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield, and Anita Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Michelle Katz and Sari London , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

OPINION

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

¶ 1 The issue in this case is whether the circuit court of Cook County erred in denying defendant George Evans' pro se motion for leave to file a successive petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 2008)). We conclude that it did not.

¶ 2 BACKGROUND

¶ 3 In March 2005, defendant was...

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