People v. Youngblood

Defendant, Antwan D. Youngblood, appeals from the order of the circuit court of Kane County dismissing his pro se postconviction petition at the first stage of postconviction proceedings. The issue raised on appeal is whether defendant’s petition sets forth the gist of a constitutional claim that his trial counsel was ineffective. We determine that the petition does not present the gist of such a constitutional violation, and, thus, we affirm.

On July 22, 2003, defendant was arrested for, among other things, battering a police officer. That same day, defendant posted bond and was released. On…