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People v. English

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided July 9, 2010No. 1-08-1868PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fitzgerald Smith

Defendant Johnny English appeals the denial of his successive postconviction petition following an evidentiary hearing.

Defendant filed a pro se successive postconviction petition for relief from judgment under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122 — 1 et seq. (West 2006)) relating to his conviction of first degree murder for the shooting death of Frank Klepacki and the attempted first degree murder for the nonfatal shooting of Casey Klepacki. The trial court appointed post-conviction counsel to represent defendant. The State filed a motion to dismiss this petition. After a…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. People v. FloresIllinois Supreme Court · 1992
  4. People v. SlimIllinois Supreme Court · 1989
  5. People v. PitsonbargerIllinois Supreme Court · 2002

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. People v. SnowAppellate Court of Illinois · 2012
  2. People v. LoftonAppellate Court of Illinois · 2011
  3. People v. MontanezIllinois Supreme Court · 2023
  4. People v. SnowAppellate Court of Illinois · 2012
  5. People v. EnglishIllinois Supreme Court · 2023

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