People v. Alcozer

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “procedural defects” can result in a conclusion that a postconviction petition is frivolous
• equating the definition of frivolous in section 22-105 of the Code of Civil Procedure with the standard for dismissal of a postconviction petition at the first stage of proceedings
• equating the definition of frivolous in section 22-105 of the Code of Civil Procedure with the standard for dismissal of a postconviction petition at the first stage of proceedings
• “[P]ostconviction -3- petitions dismissed on principles of forfeiture or res judicata are, necessarily, both frivolous and patently without merit.”
• “[P]ostconviction petitions dismissed on principles of forfeiture or res judicata are, necessarily, both frivolous and patently without merit.”
• courts will avoid the adjudication of constitutional issues where a case can be decided on other grounds

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).