People v. Hemphill

2025 IL App (1st) 220808

FIFTH DIVISION October 31, 2025 IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS FIRST DISTRICT No. 1-22-0808 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County. ) v. ) No. 05 CR 9114 ) DEMETRIUS HEMPHILL, ) Honorable ) Alfredo Maldonado, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. JUSTICE MIKVA delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Presiding Justice Mitchell and Justice Tailor concurred in the judgment. OPINION ¶1 Defendant Demetrius Hemphill appeals from an order of the circuit court denying his pro se petition for…