People v. Leach

Defendant, Jesse T. Leach, appeals the trial court’s order dismissing his petition for post-conviction relief (725 ILCS 5/122 — 1 (West 1994)). The issue on appeal is whether we must remand this cause to the trial court because the record does not demonstrate that defense counsel complied with Supreme Court Rule 651(c) (134 Ill. 2d R. 651(c)). We affirm.

Defendant was charged by indictment with escape (720 ILCS 5/31 — 6(a) (West 1994)). Defendant entered into a negotiated guilty plea in exchange for a sentence of two years’ imprisonment to be served consecutive to a sentence of six years’…