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PEOPLE v. VASQUEZ

No. 2-03-0042.

824 N.E.2d 1071 (2005)

356 Ill. App.3d 420

291 Ill.Dec. 821

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Otoniel VASQUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied April 8, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, Kim Robert Fawcett (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Otoniel Vasquez.

Michael J. Waller, Lake County State's Attorney, Waukegan, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, Sally A. Swiss, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for the People.

Justice HUTCHINSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Otoniel Vasquez, appeals from the order of the circuit court of Lake County dismissing his petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (the Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 2002)). Defendant contends that postconviction counsel rendered unreasonable assistance by failing to amend defendant's pro se petition for postconviction relief. Defendant further argues that postconviction...

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