People v. Merritt

Filed 10/15/09 NO. 4-08-0775 IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS FOURTH DISTRICT THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Circuit Court of v. ) McLean County DAVID LEE MERRITT, ) No. 04CF964 Defendant-Appellant. ) ) Honorable ) Scott Drazewski, ) Judge Presiding. JUSTICE APPLETON delivered the opinion of the court: Defendant, David Lee Merritt, appeals from the summary dismissal of his petition for postconviction relief. He argues that the addition of mandatory supervised release to his sentences of imprisonment resulted in a punishment more onerous than the…