COLLINS v. PEOPLE

No. 1-99-1317.

743 N.E.2d 209 (2000)

319 Ill.App.3d 193

252 Ill.Dec. 635

London COLLINS, Petitioner-Appellant. v. The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Respondent-Appellee,

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

December 29, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, and Lori L. Mosby, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, and Renee Goldfarb, Alan J. Spellberg and Michele Grimaldi Stein, Assistant State's Attorneys, Chicago, for Appellee.


Justice COHEN delivered the opinion of the court:

The petitioner, London Collins, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing his pro se petition for postconviction relief as "patently without merit." We reverse.

On August 20, 1998, as part of a plea agreement negotiated by appointed counsel, the petitioner pleaded guilty before the trial court to one count of possession of a controlled substance (cocaine) with intent to deliver...

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