Reversed and remanded.
JUSTICE McLAREN delivered the opinion of the court:
Defendant, Luis Magdaleno, appeals from an order of the circuit court dismissing his petition for post-conviction relief. Defendant raises one issue on appeal: whether he is entitled to a new hearing on the petition because the State wrongly filed a motion to strike on which the trial court relied when it dismissed the petition. We reverse and remand.
After a jury trial, defendant...
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