People v. Petrenko

State: Illinois

Docket No: 107503 Rel

Case Date: 06/04/2010

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. SHAWN PETRENKO, Appellant. Opinion filed June 4, 2010. JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Fitzgerald and Justices Kilbride, Garman, and Karmeier concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Freeman specially concurred, with opinion. Justice Burke concurred in part and dissented in part, with opinion. OPINION This case presents two issues: (1) whether the trial court erred in summarily dismissing defendant's pro se postconviction petition as frivolous and patently without merit, and (2) whether the imposition of a 10-year prison term consecutive to a natural-life prison term was void in this case. BACKGROUND Following a jury trial, defendant, Shawn Petrenko, was convicted of one count of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9

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