PEOPLE v. ASSENATO

No. 2-92-0455.

629 N.E.2d 166 (1994)

257 Ill. App.3d 1026

195 Ill.Dec. 858

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Peter ASSENATO, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied March 18, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Sherry R. Silvern, Elgin, Allan A. Ackerman, Law Offices of Allan A. Ackerman, P.C., Chicago, for Peter Assenato.

James E. Ryan, Du Page County State's Atty., Wheaton, William L. Browers, Deputy Director, Lisa A. Hoffman, State's Atty. Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, Norbert J. Goetten, Director State's Atty. Prosecutor, Springfield, for People.


Justice GEIGER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Peter Assenato, appeals the trial court's dismissal, without an evidentiary hearing, of his petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 38, par. 122-1 et seq. (now codified, as amended, at 725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 1992))). The defendant argues that he was denied his sixth amendment right to counsel because the...

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