People v. Evans

2021 IL App (1st) 172809

FIFTH DIVISION MARCH 5, 2021 No. 1-17-2809 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County. ) v. ) No. 02 CR 12027 ) JERMAINE EVANS, ) Honorable ) Kenneth J. Wadas, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. JUSTICE CUNNINGHAM delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Hoffman and Rochford concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION ¶1 On December 16, 2016, the defendant-appellant, Jermaine Evans, filed a pro se motion to file a successive postconviction petition in the circuit court of Cook…