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PEOPLE v. COTTO

No. 119006

2016 IL 119006

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JESUS COTTO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 26, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Alan D. Goldberg and Patricia Mysza , Deputy Defenders, and S. Emily Hartman , Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellant.

Jesus Cotto, appellant pro se, on petition for rehearing.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield, and Anita Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Michelle Katz , and Joseph A. Alexander , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Chief Justice Garman and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Karmeier, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

¶ 1 This appeal asks this court to decide if every postconviction petitioner represented by counsel is entitled to a reasonable level of assistance from counsel after first-stage proceedings, regardless of whether counsel was appointed or privately retained. The appellate...

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