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PEOPLE v. RIVERA

No. 2-12-0884.

2014 IL App (2d) 120884

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOSE J. RIVERA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Filed February 19, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen Munoz and Catherine K. Hart , both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Louis A. Bianchi , State's Attorney, of Woodstock ( Lawrence M. Bauer and Jay Paul Hoffmann , both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Justices Hutchinson and Hudson concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

JUSTICE McLAREN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Defendant, Jose J. Rivera, appeals from the dismissal of his petition filed under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 2010)). We affirm.

¶ 2 I. BACKGROUND

¶ 3 Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of one count of aggravated arson (720 ILCS 5/20-1.1(a) (West 2004)). Defendant appealed, raising contentions...

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