People v. Thompson

Summary

The court held that the defendant forfeited his as-applied constitutional challenge to his mandatory natural-life sentence because he raised it for the first time on appeal from the dismissal of his section 2-1401 petition. Although the appellate court had jurisdiction based on the timely notice of appeal, the defendant’s challenge was not a voidness claim exempt from section 2-1401’s procedural bars. The court affirmed both the appellate court’s judgment and the circuit court’s dismissal.