PEOPLE v. PATTON

No. 4-99-0685.

735 N.E.2d 185 (2000)

315 Ill. App.3d 968

248 Ill.Dec. 865

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gerald L. PATTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

August 29, 2000.


Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a stipulated bench trial in July 1998, the trial court convicted defendant, Gerald L. Patton, of predatory criminal sexual assault (720 ILCS 5/12-14.1(a)(1) (West 1998)) and sentenced him to 20 years in prison. Defendant did not file a direct appeal. In June 1999, defendant filed a pro se postconviction petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act...

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