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PEOPLE v. GUZMAN-RUIZ

No. 3-12-0150.

2014 IL App (3d) 120150

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOVITA GUZMAN-RUIZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

Filed March 6, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Santiago A. Durango (argued), of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Ottawa, for appellant.

John L. McGehee, State's Attorney, of Rock Island (Justin A. Nicolosi (argued), of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Justice Schmidt dissented, with opinion.

OPINION

JUSTICE WRIGHT delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Defendant Jovita Guzman-Ruiz appeals from the denial of her petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 2008)) following a third-stage evidentiary hearing after the trial court found she was not prejudiced by counsel's failure to inform her that deportation was likely following a guilty plea admitting she unlawfully possessed...

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