PEOPLE v. REYNOLDS

No. 2-95-0126.

673 N.E.2d 720 (1996)

284 Ill. App.3d 611

220 Ill.Dec. 576

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald C. REYNOLDS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied December 18, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller Deputy Defender and Patrick M. Carmody (on brief), Paul Alexander Rogers (court appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for Donald C. Reynolds.

Joseph E. Birkett, DuPage County State's Attorney, Wheaton, William L. Browers, Deputy Director, and Martin P. Moltz (on brief), State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for People of the State of Illinois.


Justice INGLIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Donald C. Reynolds, appeals from the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief. We reverse and remand with directions.

On June 4, 1991, defendant filed a sworn pro se petition for post-conviction relief, contending that his trial counsel, Robert Boyd, had rendered ineffective assistance. Defendant alleged that Boyd had a private, in-chambers, conversation with the sentencing judge...

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