PEOPLE v. KIRKPATRICK

No. 2-10-0898.

968 N.E.2d 1170 (2012)

360 Ill. Dec. 417

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ryan C. KIRKPATRICK, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

April 17, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan D. Goldberg , Deputy Defender, Jennifer L. Bontrager , Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Ryan C. Kirkpatrick.

Louis A. Bianchi , State's Attorney, Woodstock ( Lawrence M. Bauer , Deputy Director, Edward R. Psenicka , State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


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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