People v. Lyles

PRESIDING JUSTICE HOFFMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Enice Lyles, Jr., appeals from an order of the circuit court summarily dismissing his second pro se petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122 — 1 et seq. (West 2000)). A different division of this court subsequently dismissed the defendant’s appeal for want of prosecution. The same division later vacated the dismissal and reinstated the appeal on the defendant’s motion. The State now asserts that this court lacked jurisdiction to grant the defendant’s motion to vacate our prior…