People v. Applewhite

2020 IL App (1st) 142330-B

FIFTH DIVISION NOVEMBER 13, 2020 1-14-2330 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County. ) v. ) No. 01 CR 23489 ) SAMUEL APPLEWHITE, ) Honorable ) Clayton J. Crane, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. JUSTICE CUNNINGHAM delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Presiding Justice Delort and Justice Rochford concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION ¶1 On May 23, 2014, the defendant-appellant, Samuel Applewhite, filed a pro se postconviction petition in the circuit court of Cook County…