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Illinois Supreme Court Announces Guilty Plea Doesn’t Bar Postconviction Claim of Actual Innocence and Provides Framework for Review
by Douglas Ankney
In a case of first impression, the Supreme Court of Illinois held that a plea of guilty doesn’t bar a defendant from later asserting an actual innocence claim under Illinois’ Post-Conviction Hearing Act, 725 ILCS 5/122 et seq. (West 2016) (“Act”) and announced the procedural framework for ...
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