PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 4-00-0215.

744 N.E.2d 344 (2001)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Glen JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

February 7, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed), Judith L. Libby, Assistant Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for Glen Jones.

Lawrence R. Fichter, State's Attorney, Decatur, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Jeffrey K. Davison, Staff Attorney, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for the People.


Justice McCULLOUGH delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Glen Jones, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Macon County dismissing as frivolous and patently without merit his petition for relief pursuant to the Post Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1 through 122-8 (West 1998)). On appeal, defendant argues that Public Act 83-942 (Pub. Act 83-942, eff. November 23, 1983 (1983 Ill. Laws 6200)) was unconstitutional because it violated the...

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