People v. Lee

This matter is an appeal from an order of the circuit court granting the People’s motion to dismiss as untimely defendant’s petition for postconviction relief. We affirm.

Christopher Lee was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to an extended term of 80 years’ imprisonment. His conviction and sentence were affirmed by this court in a Rule 23 order issued on July 31, 1990 (200 Ill. App. 3d 1116 (1990)). Lee did not file a petition for leave to appeal (PLA) with our supreme court. However, he subsequently filed with that court a petition for leave to file an untimely PLA, which was…