Illinois Supreme Court
Criminal Court
Postconviction Petitions
Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of 1st degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm. Court properly denied Defendant leave to file successive postconviction petition. Defendant's supporting documents relating to police misconduct do not warrant further proceedings on his claim of witness intimidation, as they are not relevant to determine whether there was a pattern and practice of police misconduct or witness intimidation. Defendant's affidavits offered for his actual innocence claim are repetitive of their trial testimony and thus are not new evidence. (GARMAN, THEIS, M. BURKE, OVERSTREET, and CARTER, concurring; NEVILLE, specially concurring.)