Legal Opinion
People v. Mahaffey
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided March 30, 1995No. 75420PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Freeman
Defendant, Jerry Mahaffey, petitioned the circuit court of Cook County for post-conviction relief pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 38, par. 122 — 1 et seq.). The trial court dismissed defendant’s amended petition without an evidentiary hearing. Defendant appeals to this court (134 Ill. 2d R. 651). We affirm.
BACKGROUND
In defendant’s direct appeal, the court detailed the circumstances of the crimes committed. (See People v. Mahaffey (1989), 128 Ill. 2d 388.) We need not repeat them here. Defendant and his brother, Reginald Mahaffey, were tried jointly…
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