People v. Holliday

PRESIDING JUSTICE STEIGMANN

delivered the opinion of the court:

In April 1998, defendant, Chioke Holliday, pleaded guilty to one count of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9 — 1(a)(1) (West 1998)), and the trial court later sentenced him to 30 years in prison. Defendant later filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea and reconsider his sentence, which the trial court denied. He appealed, and this court affirmed. People v. Holliday, No. 4—01—0273 (December 18, 2002) (unpublished order under Supreme Court Rule 23).

In January 2005, defendant filed a document entitled “habeas corpus petition actual…