People v. Anderson

Defendant, Tony Anderson, appeals from the summary dismissal of his petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122 — 1 et seq. (West 2002)). He contends that the circuit court erred in summarily dismissing his petition where he set forth the gist of meritorious claims of (1) ineffective assistance of counsel based upon counsel’s failure to investigate defendant’s claims of “corruption and coercion” in the conducting of defendant’s lineups at Area 2 and (2) that the State violated his right to due process by failing to disclose the existence of voluminous…