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PEOPLE v. MERRITT

No. 2-15-0219.

2017 IL App (2d) 150219

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PHILLIP T. MERRITT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Filed August 23, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , Patricia Mysza , Thomas A. Lilien , and David T. Harris , of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Joseph P. Bruscato , State's Attorney, of Rockford ( Patrick Delfino , Lawrence M. Bauer , and Sally A. Swiss , of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Justices Burke and Spence concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

¶ 1 Defendant, Phillip T. Merritt, appeals the trial court's summary dismissal of his petition filed under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 2014)) in connection with his convictions of armed robbery (720 ILCS 5/18...

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