Legal Opinion
People v. Brooks
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided May 18, 2006No. 99293PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Freeman
Chief Justice Thomas and Justices McMorrow, Fitzgerald, Kilbride, Garman, and Karmeier concurred in the judgment and opinion.
OPINION
Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Claude Brooks, Jr., was convicted of the predatory criminal sexual assault of his eight-year-old stepdaughter. After the appellate court affirmed his conviction, defendant filed a pro se petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (725 ILCS 5/122—1 et seq. (West 2002)) as well as a motion for DNA testing pursuant to section 116—3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (725 ILCS 5/116 —…
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