People v. Johnson

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Confessions
Citation
Case Number: 
2021 IL App (1st) 152310
Decision Date: 
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., 2d Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
PUCINSKI

(Court opinion corrected 2/26/21.) Court properly denied Defendant leave to file his successive postconviction petition based on his claim that his confession to participation in murder was coerced by police abuse. Where a defendant voluntarily pleads guilty, he waives all nonjurisdictional defects, including any claim that his confession was coerced by police torture. Defendant's guilty plea resulted in waiver of his claim of a coerced confession. (LAVIN and COBBS, concurring.)