§ 5/10-103 Application

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§ 10-103. Application.

    Application for the relief shall be made to the Supreme Court or to the circuit court of the county in which the person in whose behalf the application is made, is imprisoned or restrained, or to the circuit court of the county from which such person was sentenced or committed. Application shall be made by complaint signed by the person for whose relief it is intended, or by some person in his or her behalf, and verified by affidavit. Application for relief under this Article may not be
commenced on behalf of a person who has been sentenced to death without the written consent of that person, unless  the person,because of a mental or physical condition, is incapable of asserting his or her own claim.