Legal Opinion
People v. Edwards
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided September 20, 2001No. 87930 RelPublished
1Opinion of the Court 1
Docket No. 87930–Agenda 6–May 2001.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. DONALD EDWARDS, Appellant.
Opinion filed September 20, 2001.
2Opinion of the Court · McMORROWJustice McMORROW
The defendant, Donald Edwards, filed a pro se post-conviction petition in the circuit court of Champaign County pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (725 ILCS 5/122–1 et seq . (West 1998)) in which he alleged that, following the entry of his guilty plea, his court-appointed attorney refused his request to “file an appeal” and became “totally unavailable in regard to the case.” The circuit court dismissed the petition as frivolous or patently…
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3Cases cited55 opinions
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- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Neitzke v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Denton v. HernandezSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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