People v. Robinson

*728 ¶ 1 The defendant, Terrance Robinson, filed a pro se postconviction petition in which he asserted that he had been sentenced in violation of the guidelines set forth in Miller v. Alabama , 567 U.S. 460 , 132 S.Ct. 2455 , 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012). The circuit court dismissed the petition as frivolous and patently without merit.

¶ 2 I. BACKGROUND

¶ 3 In 2001, the defendant was convicted of first degree murder ( 720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(3) (West 2000) ). The defendant was 15 years old at the time of the offense. Following a three-day sentencing hearing, the circuit court sentenced the defendant to a term…