People v. Hood

In September 2008, defendant, Richard L. Hood, filed a pro se pleading entitled “habeas corpus petition.” Also in September 2008, the trial court dismissed defendant’s pleading after recharacterizing it as a postconviction petition. In this appeal, defendant alleges the trial court erred by not giving him the admonishments required by our supreme court in People v. Shellstrom, 216 Ill. 2d 45, 57, 833 N.E.2d 863, 870 (2005) (finding the trial court can recharacterize a pro se pleading as a postconviction petition if the court gives certain admonitions to the defendant). We vacate the trial…