PEOPLE v. MARS

No. 2-11-0695.

985 N.E.2d 570 (2012)

2012 IL App (2d) 110695

368 Ill. Dec. 763

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mark R. MARS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

As Modified upon Denial of Rehearing February 25, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan D. Goldberg and Shawn O'Toole , State Appellate Defender's Office, Chicago, for appellant.

Michael J. Waller , State's Attorney, Waukegan ( Lawrence M. Bauer and Victoria E. Jozef , State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

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

¶ 1 Defendant, Mark R. Mars, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Lake County dismissing his postconviction petition at the first stage. We affirm.

¶ 2 BACKGROUND

¶ 3 On March 2, 2005, the grand jury indicted defendant on one count of first-degree murder, alleging that he caused the death of a taxi driver, Lee Jones, while committing the forcible...

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