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Illinois Supreme Court· 12/6/2001

People v. Rivera

Citations

  • 763 N.E.2d 306
  • 198 Ill. 2d 364
  • 261 Ill. Dec. 336
  • 2001 Ill. LEXIS 1445

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  • holding that a defendant’s entire postconviction petition must be docketed for second-stage proceedings where at least one allegation is not frivolous or patently without merit
  • holding that a defendant's entire postconviction petition must be docketed for second-stage proceedings where at least one allegation is not frivolous or patently without merit
  • holding that \the summary dismissal stage of the post-conviction proceeding does nothing more than allow the circuit court to act strictly in an administrative capacity by screening out those petitions which are without legal substance or are obviously without merit\
  • holding that “the summary dismissal stage of the post-conviction proceeding does nothing more than allow the circuit court to act strictly in an administrative capacity by screening out those petitions which are without legal substance or are obviously without merit”
  • holding that partial summary dismissals are not permitted by the Post-Conviction Hearing Act
  • holding that “the summary dismissal stage of the post-conviction proceeding does nothing more than allow the circuit court to act strictly in an administrative capacity by screening out those petitions which are without legal substance or are obviously without merit”

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Judges: Freeman, Fitzgerald

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