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Appellate Court of Illinois· 8/24/2009

People v. Williams

Citations

  • 914 N.E.2d 641
  • 394 Ill. App. 3d 236
  • 333 Ill. Dec. 222
  • 2009 Ill. App. LEXIS 798

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the defendant’s actual innocence claim was “waived on appeal” where the defendant “failed to raise an actual innocence claim in the trial court”
  • holding that defendant’s actual innocence claim, if not - 11 - No. 1-18-0018 waived, would fail because the newly discovered evidence was “cumulative to what was presented at trial” and none of the evidence exonerated defendant
  • holding the defendant could not show cause for his failure to include his claim in his initial postconviction petition where he was aware of the claim and supporting facts prior to his initial petition
  • finding leave requirement to be “a procedural prerequisite to obtaining review on the merits” and the “failure to meet the requirements of the statute means that neither the trial court nor the reviewing court should consider the merits of the petition”
  • “defendant’s ‘technical’ violation of section 122 — 1(f) did not prevent the postconviction court from performing the review called for by section 122 — 1(f),” and the appellate court declined to affirm the circuit court’s denial of leave on that basis
  • “defendant’s ‘technical’ violation of section 122–1(f) did not prevent the postconviction court from performing the review called for by section 122–1(f),” and the appellate court declined to affirm the circuit court’s denial of leave on that basis

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Judges: Hall

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