OPINION
Justice HUTCHINSON delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.
¶ 1 Defendant, Ryan C. Kirkpatrick, appeals the trial court's second-stage dismissal of his petition filed under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (the Act) (725 ILCS 5/art. 122 (West 2008)). Defendant contends, inter alia, that he received the unreasonable assistance of postconviction counsel. The State counters that (1) we lack jurisdiction or (2) we should dismiss...
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