Legal Opinion
People v. Scullark
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided October 30, 2001No. 1-99-1722PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
NATURE OF THE CASE
This appeal is from a summary dismissal of defendant (hereinafter petitioner) Sherman Scullark’s pro se postconviction petition pursuant to section 122 — 2.1(a)(2) of the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (725 ILCS 5/122 — 2.1(a)(2) (West 1998)) on the grounds that it was time-barred and therefore did not require that the merits be addressed.
Substantively the petition alleges, inter alia, that at the trial the State knowingly elicited perjured testimony from a material witness and that several of petitioner’s codefendants who pled guilty have now stated that petitioner was not…
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