People v. De Leon

Defendant, Jaime De Leon, pleaded guilty to domestic battery (720 ILCS 5/12 — 3.2(a)(1) (West 2004)) and driving while his license was revoked (625 ILCS 5/6 — 303(d) (West 2004)) and was sentenced to concurrent one-year terms of imprisonment. After serving his sentence, defendant filed a petition under section 2 — 1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure (the Civil Code) (735 ILCS 5/2 — 1401 (West 2006)), seeking to have his guilty pleas and convictions vacated based on the trial court’s failure to inform him, under section 113 — 8 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (the Criminal Code) (725…