PEOPLE v. WIDEMAN

Docket No. 1-10-2273.

994 N.E.2d 546 (2013)

2013 IL App (1st) 102273

373 Ill. Dec. 777

The PEOPLE of The State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lawrence WIDEMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied July 25, 2013.

Modified August 5, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , Alan D. Goldberg , and Todd T. McHenry , all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Marie Quinlivan Czech , and Margaret G. Lustig , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

Justice CUNNINGHAM delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 This appeal arises from a June 21, 2010 order entered by the circuit court of Cook County, which denied defendant-appellant Lawrence Wideman (Wideman) leave to file his successive postconviction petition. On appeal, Wideman argues that he properly raised a claim of actual innocence pursuant to section 122-1 of the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (the Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1...

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