People v. Jones

FOURTH DIVISION

May 22, 2003

No. 1-01-2259

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

Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County.)

v. ))

TRAMAINE JONES, ) Honorable) Thomas M. Davy,

Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding.

Defendant Tramaine Jones entered into a negotiated guilty plea to the charge of attempted first-degree murder and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Subsequently, defendant filed a pro se postconviction petition pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq . (West 2000)), which the circuit court dismissed as frivolous and patently…