Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Closing Argument
Court summarily dismissed Defendant's second pro se postconviction petition. Dismissal was proper as petition was frivolous and patently without merit. State's closing argument with remarks about witnesses' reluctance to cooperate with prosecuting authorities were not improper. Circumstances of shooting support inference that witnesses would not want to get involved because they feared Defendant; all were in close proximity to and observed shooting, and Defendant fled immediately after and could have still been at large. (HALL, concurring; LAMPKIN, specially concurring.)