People v. Anderson

PRESIDING JUSTICE GREIMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Robert Anderson, a/k/a Martinez Moore, appeals the trial court’s dismissal of his pro se petition for postconviction relief as frivolous and patently without merit. Defendant previously had pied guilty to one count of home invasion and received an eight-year sentence to be served consecutively with the sentence from another, unrelated conviction.

Two issues are raised on appeal: (1) whether the statements made by the prosecutor during the dismissal proceeding constitute reversible error; and (2) whether defendant’s pro se…