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Appellate Court of Illinois· 6/4/2009

People v. Williams

Citations

  • 910 N.E.2d 627
  • 392 Ill. App. 3d 359
  • 331 Ill. Dec. 218
  • 2009 Ill. App. LEXIS 357

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that an affidavit of a participant in a crime who had not been heard from before was newly discovered where the affiant did not provide the affidavit earlier
  • finding affidavit of participant in crime who had not been heard from before newly discovered evidence where the defendant argued that affidavit could not have been offered earlier because affiant had not previously agreed to provide an affidavit
  • finding affidavit of participant in crime who had not been heard from before newly discovered evidence where the defendant argued that affidavit could not have been offered earlier because affiant had not previously agreed to provide an affidavit
  • finding affidavit of participant in crime who had not been heard from before newly discovered evidence where the defendant argued that affidavit could not have been offered earlier because affiant had not previously agreed to provide an affidavit
  • in reviewing a trial court’s denial of leave to file a “successive postconviction petition, all well-pleaded facts in the petition and supporting affidavits are taken as true”
  • “[A] ruling on an initial postconviction petition has a res judicata effect with respect to claims that were raised or could have been raised in the petition.”

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Judges: Gallagher

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