People v. Brooks

Defendant appealed from a circuit court order dismissing his successive postconviction petition, arguing that he made a substantial showing that the State knowingly used perjured testimony to convict him of multiple counts of first-degree murder. The appellate court affirmed, finding the information contained in the affidavits offered in support of defendant’s successive postconviction petition was not sufficiently different from the trial evidence so as to create the reasonable likelihood of a different outcome. (PIERCE and ODEN JOHNSON, concurring).