PEOPLE v. HUANTE

No. 69918.

571 N.E.2d 736 (1991)

143 Ill.2d 61

156 Ill.Dec. 756

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Jose HUANTE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

April 18, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Atty. Gen., Springfield, and Cecil A. Partee, State's Atty., Chicago (Terence M. Madsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb and Stanislaus Gonsalves, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for the People.

Stephen M. Connolly, Chicago, for appellee.

Javier H. Rubinstein, of Mayer, Brown & Piatt, Chicago (Roslyn C. Lieb and Susan R. Gzesh, of counsel), for amici curiae Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law, Inc., et al.


Chief Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court-Defendant,

Defendant, Jose Huante, pleaded guilty to felony drug charges in the circuit court of Cook County. As a result of the convictions arising from his guilty plea, defendant, a United States resident with legal alien status, is now subject to deportation pursuant to Federal statute. Defendant filed a post-conviction petition seeking to have his guilty plea set...

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