PEOPLE v. SHANKLIN

No. 4-01-0947.

814 N.E.2d 139 (2004)

351 Ill. App.3d 303

286 Ill.Dec. 489

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald SHANKLIN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

July 23, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed), Robert Brent Pennington, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Ronald Shanklin.

William A. Yoder, McLean County State's Attorney, Bloomington, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Charles F. Mansfield, Staff Attorney, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for the People.


Presiding Justice KNECHT delivered the opinion of the court:

On September 21, 2001, defendant, Ronald Shanklin, filed a pro se petition for postconviction relief, alleging (1) he was unfit or incompetent when he entered his guilty plea and could not have understood the ramifications of the plea agreement; (2) he received ineffective assistance of counsel because trial counsel failed to alert the trial court defendant was unfit for legal proceedings; and (3...

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