People v. Taylor Corrected Opinion

SECOND DIVISION

Date Filed: May 17, 2005

No. 1-03-3114

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the) Circuit Court of

Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County.)

v. )) No. 95 CR 15763)

BERNARD TAYLOR, ) Honorable) James Schreier,

Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding.

In 1997, following a conference pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 402 (177 Ill. 2d R. 402), the defendant, Bernard Taylor, pleaded guilty to the murder of Terrance Brownlow. The defendant was sentenced to 55 years in prison. In 1999, the defendant filed a pro se postconviction petition alleging the ineffective assistance of trial…