PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 1-20-0912.

197 N.E.3d 162 (2021)

2021 IL App (1st) 200912

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Respondent-Appellee, v. Demetrius JOHNSON, Petitioner-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

Filed June 11, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua Tepfer and John Hazinski , of the Exoneration Project at the University of Chicago Law School, of Chicago, for appellant.

Kimberly M. Foxx , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , John E. Nowak , and Hareena Meghani-Wakely , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

¶ 1 The petitioner, Demetrius Johnson, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County, dismissing his section 2-1401 (735 ILCS 5/2-1401 (West 2018)) petition to vacate his 2006 conviction for unlawful use of a weapon by a felon (UUWF) (720 ILCS 5...

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