People v. Anderson

Defendant, Tony Anderson, appeals from the summary dismissal of his petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122 — 1 et seq. (West 2002)). He contends that the circuit court erred in summarily dismissing his petition where he set forth the gist of meritorious claims that (1) his due process rights were violated when detectives at Area 2 violent crimes coerced him into giving a confession to offenses he did not commit; (2) he was provided ineffective assistance of counsel because counsel “coerced” him into pleading guilty and (3) the State violated his right…