OPINION
Presiding Justice GARCIA delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.
Defendant Clinton Dixon appeals from the trial court's first-stage dismissal of his postconviction petition, which he contends states the gist of two constitutional claims to warrant second-stage consideration: (1) his right to a fair trial was violated by the participation of an alternate juror in jury deliberations that ended with verdicts of guilty for first degree murder...
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