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Appellate Court of Illinois· 6/12/2009

People v. Johnson

Citations

  • 910 N.E.2d 677
  • 392 Ill. App. 3d 897
  • 331 Ill. Dec. 268
  • 2009 Ill. App. LEXIS 427

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  • the mere possibility that defendant’s claim would have been unsuccessful does not equate to an objective factor external to the defense which precluded him from raising it in his initial postconviction petition
  • rejected defendant’s assertion that cause requirement was satisfied because Whitfield was decided after his initial postconviction petition was filed
  • the mere possibility that defendant's claim would have been unsuccessful does not equate to an objective factor external to the defense which precluded him from raising it in his initial postconviction petition

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Judges: McBride

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