People v. Diggins

Petitioner was convicted, after jury trial, of 2 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm and 1 count of armed robbery for his involvement in a robbery in 1995. Postconviction petitions claim that his trial counsel was ineffective during plea negotiations, but this issue was not raised in initial postconviction pleading.Petitioner could have raised the issue in his initial pro se postconviction petition, and he failed to demonstrate cause for not doing so. Thus, court properly denied leave to file successive postconviction petition. (CARTER and LYTTON, concurring.)