People v. Maranovic

Defendant, Zoran Maranovic, was charged with the offense of delivering less than 30 grams of a substance containing cocaine, a Class X felony. Plea negotiations led to the reduction of the charge to a Class 2 felony. Defendant entered a guilty plea and was sentenced to three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Defendant did not appeal his conviction or file a motion to vacate the judgment and for leave to withdraw his guilty plea. Rather, he filed a petition which sought to withdraw his plea under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 122 — 1 et…