PEOPLE v. BELL

No. 3-12-0328.

989 N.E.2d 1211 (2013)

2013 IL App (3d) 120328

371 Ill. Dec. 283

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ed BELL, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

May 23, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ed Bell, Joliet, appellant pro se.

Jerry Brady , State's Attorney, Peoria ( Terry A. Mertel and Nadia L. Chaudhry , both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

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

¶ 1 In 1995, defendant, Ed Bell, was convicted of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(2) (West 1994)) and sentenced to life imprisonment. Defendant appeals from the trial court's denial of his motion for leave to file his fifth successive postconviction petition. Defendant argues on appeal, for the first time, that his sentence is void because the record does not show that...

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