PEOPLE v. PENA-ROMERO

Docket No. 4-11-0780.

980 N.E.2d 1269 (2012)

2012 IL App (4th) 110780

366 Ill. Dec. 910

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Macario PENA-ROMERO, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

December 14, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , Karen Munoz , and Nancy L. Vincent , all of the State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

C. Steve Ferguson , State's Attorney, of Charleston ( Patrick Delfino , Robert J. Biderman , and David E. Mannchen , all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

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

¶ 1 Defendant, Macario Pena-Romero, appeals from the denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea. Defendant argues (1) he was denied effective assistance of guilty-plea counsel, (2) he was denied effective assistance of postplea counsel, (3) the circuit clerk lacked authority to assess the $5 anticrime fee, (4) he is entitled to credit against the $4.75 drug-court assessment...

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