Illinois Supreme Court· 4/17/2008

People v. Torres

Citations

888 N.E.2d 91
228 Ill. 2d 382
320 Ill. Dec. 874
2008 Ill. LEXIS 311

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noting that a defendant “could not have negotiated a lesser sentence given that the 45-year sentence he received was the minimum possible under the sentencing scheme” (emphasis added)
noting that a defendant \ could not have negotiated a lesser sentence given that the 45-year sentence he received was the minimum possible under the sentencing scheme\ (emphasis added)
noting that nonfactual and nonspecific assertions are insufficient to overcome summary dismissal of a postconviction petition
noting that postconviction petitioner abandoned his claim that he had not understood the consequence of his guilty plea because the claim was “belied by the record of the guilty-plea proceeding and is therefore frivolous and patently without merit”
reviewing summary dismissal of postconviction petition and noting that at this stage, nonfactual and nonspecific assertions are insufficient to require further proceedings
noting that postconviction petitioner abandoned his claim that he had not understood the consequence of his guilty plea because the claim was “belied by the record of the guilty-plea proceeding and is therefore frivolous and patently without merit”

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