Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Post-Conviction Petitions
Court properly dismissed successive postconviction petition which raised freestanding claim of innocence based on new DNA testing performed on several pieces of evidence. New DNA evidence does not exonerate Defendant as it does not show that he did not commit the crimes charged, and does not undermine trial testimony of lab expert and co-Defendant witness. (QUINN and SIMON, concurring.)