Appellate Court of Illinois· 6/8/2009

People v. Wheeler

Citations

912 N.E.2d 681
392 Ill. App. 3d 303

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rejecting the defendant’s claim that the evidence presented at a third-stage evidentiary hearing was limited to the underlying constitutional claim
finding the trial court’s grant of postconviction relief at the second stage without an evidentiary hearing “premature” because the State’s motion to dismiss raised the issue of the defendant’s credibility
vacating the trial court’s judgment granting the defendant’s postconviction petition at the second stage without conducting an evidentiary hearing and remanding the case for a third stage hearing
finding the trial court’s grant of postconviction relief at the second stage without an evidentiary hearing “premature,” because the State’s motion to dismiss raised the issue of the defendant’s credibility
“The issue of timeliness is first considered by the trial court at the second stage.”
forfeiture is “a limit on the parties, not on the jurisdiction of the reviewing court”

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Judges: Robert E. Gordon

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