People v. Boclair

Defendant, Stanley Boclair, currently serving a term of natural life in prison for murder, appeals the trial court’s summary dismissal of his supplemental petition for postconviction relief pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122 — 1 et seq. (West 1998)) and postjudgment relief pursuant to section 2 — 1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2 — 1401 (West 1998)). Defendant previously appealed his case directly to the Supreme Court of Illinois and petitioned the state and federal courts for postconviction relief without success. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In April…