Legal Opinion
People v. Hanks
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided November 27, 2002No. 1-00-2519 RelPublished
1Opinion of the Court 1
FOURTH DIVISION
November 27, 2002
No. 1-00-2519 and 1-00-3854 (cons.)
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
EDWARD HANKS,
Defendant-Appellant.))))))))))
Appeal from the
Circuit Court of
Cook County
Honorable
Daniel J. Kelley,
Judge Presiding.
2Opinion of the Court · KarnezisJustice Karnezis
Petitioner Edward Hanks appeals the circuit court's summary dismissal of his pro se petitions for relief pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (hereinafter the Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq . (West 2000)). The circuit court dismissed petitioner's initial and successive petitions after finding the issues raised therein to be frivolous and…
3Cases cited19 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Smith v. PhillipsSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- People v. ColemanIllinois Supreme Court · 1998
- People v. EdwardsIllinois Supreme Court · 2001
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