Illinois Supreme Court· 5/23/2002

People v. Pitsonbarger

Citations

793 N.E.2d 609
205 Ill. 2d 444
275 Ill. Dec. 838

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finding that “the cause- and-prejudice test must be applied to individual claims, not to the petition as a whole”
stating that in the context of a successive postconviction petition, the procedural bar of waiver is not merely a principle of judicial administration; it is an express requirement of the statute
stating “the procedural bar of waiver is not merely a principle of judicial administration; it is an express requirement of the statute”
stating “the procedural bar of waiver is not merely a principle of judicial administration; it is an express requirement of the statute”
refusing to consider juror affidavits which Adeal[t] exclusively with the content of private jury deliberations, albeit deliberations engaged in improperly and in violation of the court=s instructions@
each claim in a successive petition must be reviewed to ascertain whether the claim is barred

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Judges: Garman, Harrison, Kilbride

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Cites

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