Legal Opinion
People v. Edwards
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided September 20, 2001No. 87930PublishedCited by 429 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McMORROW
The defendant, Donald Edwards, filed a pro se post-conviction petition in the circuit court of Champaign County pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (725 ILCS 5/122 — 1 et seq. (West 1998)) in which he alleged that, following the entry of his guilty plea, his court-appointed attorney refused his request to “file an appeal” and became “totally unavailable in regard to the case.” The circuit court dismissed the petition as frivolous or patently without merit. See 725 ILCS 5/122— 2.1(a)(2) (West 1998). The appellate court affirmed. 305 Ill. App. 3d 853. For the reasons that follow, we…
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