PEOPLE v. O'TOOLE

No. 4-88-0029.

174 Ill. App.3d 800 (1988)

529 N.E.2d 54

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LESTER DEAN O'TOOLE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed September 28, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Lawrence J. Essig, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Craig H. DeArmond, State's Attorney, of Danville (Kenneth R. Boyle, Robert J. Biderman, and Michael K. Blazicek, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE KNECHT delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant appeals the denial of his petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 122-1 et seq.) alleging his guilty plea was neither voluntary nor intelligent.

• 1 The State argues defendant's appeal should be dismissed since the trial court denied his post-conviction...

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