Opinion ID: 2003518
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Heading: Racial Discrimination in Sequence of Prosecutions

Text: Defendant alleges in his post-conviction petition that representatives of the State met with prosecutors in other jurisdictions to determine the sequence of prosecutions arising from defendant's alleged multistate crime spree, and that as a result it was decided that defendant would first be tried for the murder of Marlene Walters, the only white victim among the several alleged murder victims. While defendant contends that this decision violated his constitutional rights, he has failed to cite any pertinent authority or advance any meaningful argument or analysis in support of this contention. Accordingly, the issue is waived. See People v. Patterson (1992), 154 Ill.2d 414, 472, 182 Ill.Dec. 592, 610 N.E.2d 16.