Trial court erred by granting State’s motion to dismiss 2-1401 petition when petitioner did not have opportunity to respond June 27, 2020
Appellate Court reverses trial court’s order denying petition raising actual innocence claim June 11, 2020
Petitioner’s motion for leave to file successive petition was properly denied where petitioner did not show that his involuntarily intoxication defense would have prevailed at trial May 28, 2020
Defendant who had completed his sentence but was still required to register as sex offender lacked standing to file post-conviction petition May 26, 2020
Defendant’s natural life sentence was constitutional even though he was 20 at the time of the offense May 15, 2020
Defendant who bribed a judge, was convicted of murdering a police officer, and was then sentenced to 600 years gets new chance to vacate sentence May 4, 2020
Order Denying Leave to File Successive Petition Reversed Where Firearm Enhancement Violated Proportionate Penalties Clause April 29, 2020
Trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to bar testimony that would not have impacted the verdict April 22, 2020
Court holds that de facto life sentence rule did not apply to 23-year-old defendant sentenced to 110 years April 15, 2020
