People v. Petrenko

Chief Justice Fitzgerald and Justices Kilbride, Gar-man, and Karmeier concurred in the judgment and opinion.

Justice Freeman specially concurred, with opinion.

Justice Burke concurred in part and dissented in part, with opinion.

OPINION

This case presents two issues: (1) whether the trial court erred in summarily dismissing defendant’s pro se postconviction petition as frivolous and patently without merit, and (2) whether the imposition of a 10-year prison term consecutive to a natural-life prison term was void in this case.

BACKGROUND

Following a jury trial, defendant, Shawn Petrenko, was…