Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Post-Conviction Petitions
(Modified upon denial of rehearing 5/10/13.) Court did not err in treating Defendant's "Successive" and "Amended" postconviction petitions as successive petitions, as a defendant may not amend a postconviction petition following a first-stage dismissal. A court may properly dismiss an initial postconviction petition on forfeiture grounds. (POPE and TURNER, concurring.)