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PEOPLE v. MORALES

No. 1-02-1566.

795 N.E.2d 1006 (2003)

342 Ill. App.3d 815

277 Ill.Dec. 338

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Louis MORALES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

August 19, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender (Elizabeth A. Botti, Assistant Appellate Defender, of counsel), Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County (Renee Goldfarb, Mary L. Boland, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), Chicago, for Appellee.

Justice BURKE delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Louis Morales pled guilty to one count of aggravated battery with a firearm and was sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment. Defendant subsequently filed a pro se postconviction petition to vacate his plea, which the circuit court summarily dismissed as frivolous and patently without merit. On appeal, defendant contends that the trial court erred in dismissing his petition because Public Act 86-980, which...

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