People v. Barnslater

SIXTH DIVISION May 4, 2007 No. 1-05-3172 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County. ) v. ) No. 99 CR 08691-03 ) WAYNE BARNSLATER, ) Honorable ) Christopher Donnelly, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. JUSTICE JOSEPH GORDON delivered the opinion of the court: Defendant, Wayne Barnslater, appeals from the circuit court's grant of the State's motion to dismiss his postconviction petition at the second stage of postconviction review. On appeal, he contends that he made the necessary substantial showing of a freestanding claim…