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725 ILCS 5/121-1 (2026)
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(725 ILCS 5/121-1)
(from Ch. 38, par. 121-1)
Sec. 121-1.
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Unless otherwise provided by Rules of the Supreme Court this Article
shall govern review in all criminal cases.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2836.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13
cases (7 in the last 5 years), 2014–2025 · leading case: People v. Dupree, 2018 IL 122307 (Ill. 2018).
People v. Dupree, 2018 IL 122307 (Ill. 2018). “Although the petition defendant filed in the circuit court alleged several constitutional deprivations, before this court he has abandoned all claims except his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel based on counsel's failure to call Morrison as a witness at trial.”
People v. Dupree, 2018 IL 122307 (Ill. 2019). “¶ 28 The Act (725 ILCS 5/121-1 et seq. (West 2014)) provides a remedy to a criminal defendant whose federal or state constitutional rights were substantially violated at trial or sentencing.”
People v. White, 2025 IL 129767 (Ill. 2025). “-6- Hearing Act (725 ILCS 5/121-1 et seq. (West 2020)). 2023 IL App (1st) 210385 - U, ¶ 16.”
People v. Jones, 2013 IL App (1st) 113263 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “2d at 503 (citing 725 ILCS 5/121-1 et seq. (West 2000)). Proceedings under the Act are commenced by the filing of a petition in the circuit court in which the original proceeding took place.”
People v. Gholston, 2021 IL App (1st) 200188-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “Specifically, defendant contends his “de facto life sentence violates the proportionate penalties clause of the Illinois Constitution, where the sentencing hearing failed to comply with the requirements of Miller and its progeny and [his] pleading established he was entitled to…”
People v. Hoddenbach, 2023 IL App (1st) 092393-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “) defendant filed a direct appeal and various petitions for postconviction relief under the Post- Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/121-1 et. seq. Before us today are two separately filed but interrelated appeals, appeal numbers 1-09-2393 (Hoddenbach III) and 1-21-1177…”
People v. Stanley, 2020 IL App (1st) 181006-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “” Specifically, defendant argues Harrison’s statement the shooter was wearing a “clown mask” would have undermined Andre Turner’s and Donise Robertson’s identifications of defendant, particularly where Robertson testified the shooter did not have anything covering his face, and…”
People v. White, 2023 IL App (1st) 210385-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “1-21-0385 ¶2 The defendant, Sedrick White, appeals from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Cook County denying his petition for relief from judgment pursuant to section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2-1401 (West 2020)).”
People v. Dupree, 2018 IL 122307 (Ill. 2019). “¶ 28 The Act (725 ILCS 5/121-1 et seq. (West 2014)) provides a remedy to a criminal defendant whose federal or state constitutional rights were substantially violated at trial or sentencing.”
People v. Edgelston, 2022 IL App (1st) 201066-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “He later filed a petition for postconviction relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/121-1 et seq. (West 2012)) raising No.”
People v. Fortner, 2023 IL App (1st) 210687-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “725 ILCS 5/121-1 et seq. (West 2000); People v.”
People v. Parker, 2020 IL App (1st) 180299-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “¶ 25 On appeal, defendant contends the circuit court should have granted him leave to file a successive postconviction petition because Myles’s affidavit raises a colorable claim of actual innocence.”
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