People v. Tripp

Presiding Justice Gallagher and Justice Pucinski concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

Here, we consider the second petition for postconviction relief of a defendant convicted of armed robbery. Following a jury trial, defendant was sentenced to four concurrent terms of 55 years’ imprisonment for armed robbery in violation of section 18—2 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/18—2 (West 1992)). As grounds for relief, defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying him leave to file a successive postconviction petition in light of the United States Supreme Court’s decision in…