Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Postconviction Petitions
Defendant filed postconviction petition and, while awaiting evidentiary hearing, he completed his sentence. Court erred in dismissing petition as moot. Despite Defendant's release from custody, he still has a personal stake in outcome of postconviction proceeding, sufficient to prevent his case from being moot. Defendant had standing under Section 122-1(a) of Post-Conviction Hearing Act because he was in prison when he filed his petition. Any date subsequent to filing of petition is irrelevant to his standing.(STEIGMANN and KNECHT, concurring.)