People v. Anderson

SIXTH DIVISION July 20, 2007 No. 1-05-1577 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County, Illinois. ) ) ) No. 90 CR 11979. v. ) ) TONY ANDERSON, ) Honorable ) James B. Linn, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. JUSTICE JOSEPH GORDON delivered the opinion of the court: Defendant, Tony Anderson, appeals from the summary dismissal of his petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq (West 2002)). He contends that the circuit court erred in summarily dismissing his petition where he set…