Illinois Supreme Court· 1/19/2007

People v. Harris

Citations

862 N.E.2d 960
224 Ill. 2d 115
308 Ill. Dec. 757
2007 Ill. LEXIS 8

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recognizing that a postconviction proceeding collaterally attacking a conviction is a case separate and apart from the case in which the conviction was entered
recognizing that a postconviction proceeding collaterally attacking a conviction is a case separate and apart from the case in which the conviction was entered
holding that the Act requires the trial court to examine a postconviction petition within 90 days even if a direct appeal is pending on the same case
noting that the Act merely requires the court “to make” its first-stage order within 90 days after filing and docketing
“The scope of the [postconviction] proceeding is limited to constitutional matters that have not been, nor could have been, previously adjudicated.”
“[A] postconviction proceeding is a collateral attack upon the prior conviction and affords only limited review of constitutional claims not presented at trial.”

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Judges: Thomas

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