PEOPLE v. VALDEZ

No. 3-12-0892.

2015 IL App (3d) 120892

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOSUE VALDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

Modified upon denial of rehearing August 19, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Santiago A. Durango (argued), of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Ottawa, for appellant.

Geno J. Caffarini , State's Attorney, of Princeton ( Laura E. DeMichael (argued), of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Justice Holdridge dissented, with opinion.


OPINION

¶ 1 Defendant, Josue Valdez, was a noncitizen who pled guilty to burglary predicated upon theft (720 ILCS 5/19-1(a) (West 2012)). He filed a timely motion to withdraw his guilty plea, claiming his counsel provided him ineffective assistance of counsel...

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