Legal Opinion

People v. Stoecker

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided April 26, 2019No. Appeal 3-16-0781UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

PRESIDING JUSTICE SCHMIDT delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

*685 ¶ 1 Defendant, Ronald Lee Stoecker, appeals the dismissal of his petition for relief from judgment, arguing that (1) his due process rights were violated where the court did not give him a meaningful opportunity to respond to the motion to dismiss and the court held an ex parte hearing on the motion and (2) his counsel did not adequately represent him. We affirm.

¶ 2 I. BACKGROUND

¶ 3 In 1998, a jury convicted defendant of first degree murder ( 720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(2) (West 1996) ) and aggravated criminal sexual assault (…

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. StoeckerAppellate Court of Illinois · 2019

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