People v. Shelton

*524 *112 ¶ 1 Defendant, Christopher Shelton, appeals from the trial court's order dismissing his petition for relief from judgment, which was originally a postconviction petition. Defendant argues that he was deprived of reasonable assistance of counsel under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) ( 725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 2014) ). We vacate and remand for further proceedings.

¶ 2 I. BACKGROUND

¶ 3 In March 2009 defendant was charged with four counts of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 felonies) and four counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault (Class X felonies). The State alleged that each…