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PEOPLE v. DAVIS

No. 115595.

6 N.E.3d 709 (2014)

2014 IL 115595

379 Ill. Dec. 381

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Addolfo DAVIS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

March 20, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Marcella L. Lape , Brittany D. Parling and Shauna R. Prewitt , Chicago, and Patricia Soung, Los Angeles, California, for appellee.

Jocelyn D. Francoeur , Crystal L. Leighton and James P. Durkin , McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, for amici curiae Xavier McElrath-Bey et al.

Timothy P. O'Neill , Chicago, for amici curiae Law Professors et al.

Tyrone Fahner , Marc Kadish , Daniel Storino , and Michael Morrill (law intern), Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, for amici curiae Retired Judges et al.

Megan Rodgers and Colleen E. Roh (pro hac vice pending), Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae American Correctional Chaplains Association et al.

Lawrence A. Wojcik and Eric M. Roberts , DLA Piper LLP (US), Chicago, for amici curiae Illinois Coalition for the Fair Sentencing of Children et al.

OPINION

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

¶ 1 The circuit court of Cook County denied defendant, Addolfo Davis, leave to file a successive petition for relief pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 2010)). The appellate court affirmed the order of the circuit court in part and vacated in part. Relying on Miller v. Alabama, 567...

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