People v. Morales

Defendant Efrain Morales appeals from an order of the circuit court summarily dismissing his pro se second postconviction petition. Following a jury trial in 1996, defendant was convicted of the first degree murder of Billy Bradford and the attempted first degree murders and aggravated batteries of Charles Crawford (also known as Charles Vega) and Jose Nevarro (also spelled Navarro). Defendant was sentenced to 60 years’ imprisonment for first degree murder and a consecutive 30-year term for attempted murder. We affirm.

Defendant’s convictions arose from events involving members and former…