People v. Luna

This appeal involves whether the petition for post-conviction relief (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 122—1 et seq.) of Ricardo Luna (hereinafter defendant), an alien, is sufficient to state a claim based on ineffective assistance of counsel with respect to his plea of guilty to a forgery charge in 1985. The defendant’s post-conviction petition and affidavit indicated that the defendant’s trial counsel (the public defender of Cook County) “never discussed anything about [his] citizen status or the effect the plea of guilty would have on [his] chances to stay in the United States.” The…