PEOPLE v. FIGUEROA

No. 1-17-2390.

171 N.E.3d 502 (2020)

2020 IL App (1st) 172390

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Juan FIGUEROA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

Opinion filed August 6, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Chadd , Patricia Mysza , and David T. Harris , of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Kimberly M. Foxx , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , David H. Iskowich , and Jessica L. Wasserman , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

¶ 1 Defendant, Juan Figueroa, appeals an order of the circuit court denying him leave to file a successive postconviction petition challenging the 75-year sentence he received for a murder he committed at the age of 17. He contends that the sentence is a

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