PEOPLE v. HILDENSTEIN

No. 5-10-0056.

970 N.E.2d 66 (2012)

361 Ill. Dec. 66

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert J. HILDENSTEIN, Sr., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied July 12, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Johannah B. Weber , Deputy Defender, Edwin J. Anderson , Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, for Appellant.

David Rands , Special Prosecutor, Olney ( Patrick Delfino , Director, Stephen E. Norris , Deputy Director, Sharon Shanahan , Staff Attorney, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

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

¶ 1 Defendant, Robert J. Hildenstein, Sr., appeals from an order of the circuit court of Madison County denying his successive postconviction petition filed under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (725 ILCS 5/122-1 to 122-8 (West 2006)). In the petition, defendant alleged that his January 20, 2004, guilty plea to first-degree murder was not knowing and voluntary because he...

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