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PEOPLE v. ADAMS

Docket No. 1-11-1081.

995 N.E.2d 490 (2013)

2013 IL App (1st) 111081

374 Ill. Dec. 351

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leivante ADAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

August 23, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , Alan D. Goldberg , and Deborah K. Pugh , all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg and Brian K. Hodes , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

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

OPINION

¶ 1 Defendant Leivante Adams1 appeals from the denial of his motion to file a successive petition for postconviction relief. On appeal, defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying him leave to file because he presented a colorable claim of actual innocence based on the exculpatory affidavits of three eyewitnesses. For the reasons...

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