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PEOPLE v. TAPIA

Docket No. 2-11-1314.

3 N.E.3d 951 (2014)

2014 IL App (2d) 111314

378 Ill. Dec. 386

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Juan J. TAPIA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

January 9, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Lilien and Josette Skelnik, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Michael G. Nerheim, State's Attorney, of Waukegan (Lawrence M. Bauer and Colleen P. Price, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

OPINION

Justice BIRKETT delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Defendant, Juan J. Tapia, appeals a judgment denying his petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 2008)). The petition claimed that the attorney who represented defendant when he pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/8-4(a), 9-1(a)(1) (West 2002)) had been ineffective for failing to correct...

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