People v. Brown

Petitioner appealed from an order of the trial court denying him leave to file a successive post-conviction petition. On appeal, defendant argued that he made a prima facie showing of both cause and prejudice for having failed to raise his constitutional claims in his initial post-conviction petitioner. The appellate court disagreed, finding that there was no basis in recent amendments of the Criminal Code for defendant to obtain the relief requested under the post-conviction hearing act. (ROCHFORD and MARTIN, concurring)