People v. Powers

ILLINOIS OFFICIAL REPORTS Appellate Court People v. Powers,

2011 IL App (2d) 090292

Appellate Court THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Caption THOMAS J. POWERS, Defendant-Appellant. District & No. Second District Docket No. 2-09-0292 Filed November 23, 2011 Held The trial court properly dismissed defendant’s postconviction petition (Note: This syllabus alleging that his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to inform him that constitutes no part of the plea offer made by the State was subject to a day-for-day good- the opinion of the court conduct credit, since…