People v. Allen

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Postconviction Petitions
Citation
Case Number: 
2016 IL App (1st) 142125
Decision Date: 
Friday, March 25, 2016
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., 6th Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
DELORT

Illinois TOrture Inquiry and Relief Commission Ac does not provide relief to a petitioner who alleges that his conviction resulted from evidence which was physically coerced at the hands of police officers other than former Chicago police commander Jon Burge or his subordinates.  Explicit language of the Act limits its application only to petitioners who were victims of Burge or his subordinates.(ROCHFORD and HOFFMAN, concurring.)