PEOPLE v. KIRK

No. 1-10-1606.

978 N.E.2d 248 (2012)

365 Ill. Dec. 226

2012 IL App (1st) 101606

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wayne KIRK, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

September 24, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , Alan D. Goldberg , and Jonathan Yeasting , all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Yvette Loizon , and Michele Grimaldi Stein , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

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

¶ 1 Defendant Wayne Kirk appeals from the second-stage dismissal of his pro se petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act). 725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 2010). He contends that postconviction counsel failed to provide him with reasonable assistance under Illinois Supreme Court Rule 651(c) (eff...

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