People v. Grenko

PRESIDING JUSTICE COOK

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Deborah S. Grenko, appeals the order summarily dismissing her pro se petition filed under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122 — 1 through 122 — 8 (West 2002)). Defendant argues the circuit court applied the wrong standard in dismissing her petition at the first stage of postconviction proceedings and she raised the gist of a meritorious claim. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In September 1999, a jury convicted defendant of solicitation of murder for hire (720 ILCS 5/8 — 1.2 (West 1996)). In October 1999, the trial…