PEOPLE v. MENDOZA

No. 1-08-3411.

931 N.E.2d 703 (2010)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jimmie MENDOZA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney, County of Cook, Alan J. Spellberg, Sally L. Dilgart, Assistant State's Attorneys, Chicago, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, Kim Robert Fawcett, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Defendant-Appellant.


Justice GARCIA delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant Jimmie Mendoza appeals from the second-stage dismissal of his amended petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 2008)). The defendant contends that a remand is in order because postconviction counsel rendered "unreasonable, substandard, level of assistance in attempting to shape petitioner's pro se claims into an Amended Petition" and...

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