Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Postconviction Petitions
(Court opinion corrected 6/23/15.) Defendant was convicted, 30 years ago, of first-degree murder in shooting deaths of three people. Court properly summarily dismissed his third pro se postconviction petition, as petition presents neither newly discovered, noncumulative exculpatory evidence nor material evidence of a conclusive character that would likely change outcome on retrial. As issue of another shooter was litigated at trial, and as Defendant failed to present any newly discovered evidence, doctrine of res judicata bars issue. (LAVIN, concurring; PUCINSKI, dissenting.)