People v. English

Defendant, Scott English, was convicted of first degree felony murder and aggravated battery of a child in 1996. In 1999, he filed a postconviction petition. He later filed a motion to voluntarily dismiss the petition, which the trial court granted. In 2004, defendant filed another postconviction petition. The trial court treated it as a successive petition and dismissed it on the State’s motion. Defendant then filed a motion to reinstate and amend his original 1999 postconviction petition. The trial court denied the motion. We reversed and remanded.

Thereafter, the Illinois Supreme Court…