PEOPLE v. BROWN

Docket No. 1-09-1009.

988 N.E.2d 1063 (2013)

2013 IL App (1st) 091009

370 Ill. Dec. 707

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Anthony BROWN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied May 16, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , Alan D. Goldberg , and Sean Colllins-Stapleton , all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Amy Watroba , and Mary P. Needham , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

Presiding Justice HARRIS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Defendant, Anthony Brown, appeals the dismissal of his successive petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act). 725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 2010). In his petition, defendant made a freestanding claim of actual innocence based on new deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing performed on several pieces of evidence in accordance with section...

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