PEOPLE v. GOMEZ

No. 2-09-0766.

947 N.E.2d 343 (2011)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Favian G. GOMEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

March 28, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dev A. Parikh (Court-appointed), Attorney at Law, Wilmington, DE, for Favian G. Gomez.

Joseph E. Birkett , DuPage County State's Attorney, Lisa Anne Hoffman , Assistant State's Attorney, Lawrence M. Bauer , Deputy Director, Marshall M. Stevens , State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutor, for People of the State of Illinois.


OPINION

Justice BOWMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

Defendant, Favian G. Gomez, appeals from the second-stage dismissal of his amended postconviction petition. On appeal, defendant claims that (1) his trial counsel was ineffective, because, despite defendant's request for him to do so, counsel failed to file a motion to withdraw defendant's guilty plea, and (2) he is entitled to additional days of sentencing credit for the time he served...

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