People v. Lieberman

Petitioner appeals from the circuit court’s denial of his petition for post-conviction relief raising as issues whether the circuit court’s: (1) failure to rule on whether his petition had merit within the statutorily prescribed 30-day period precluded its subsequent ruling that the petition lacked merit; (2) failure to follow statutory procedures in notifying petitioner that his petition was denied as frivolous compels the court to proceed to hear the merits of the petition; (3) finding of no merit in his assertions of prosecutorial discovery violations, ineffective assistance of counsel,…