People v. Simms

2021 IL App (1st) 161067

THIRD DIVISION January 20, 2021 No. 1-16-1067 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County. ) v. ) No. 00 CR 1137 ) AHMAD SIMMS, ) Honorable ) Stanley J. Sacks, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. PRESIDING JUSTICE HOWSE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Ellis and Cobbs concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION ¶1 Defendant Ahmad Simms 1 appeals from the denial of his pro se motion for leave to file a successive postconviction petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act…