People v. Eaglin

PRESIDING JUSTICE GREIMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Norman Eaglin appeals the trial court’s dismissal of his postconviction petition without conducting an evidentiary hearing. Defendant asserts that the factual allegations stated in his post-conviction petition were sufficient to warrant an evidentiary hearing and, thus, the trial court erred in granting the State’s motion to dismiss. In addition, the State raises the issue of whether the trial court improperly declined to sentence defendant as an habitual criminal.

For the reasons that follow, we affirm the dismissal of…