People v. Ramirez

Our supreme court has ordered us to vacate and reconsider our initial resolution of this consolidated appeal from the summary dismissal of two pro se postconviction petitions filed by defendant, Freddie Ramirez, pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122 — 1 et seq. (West 2004)). In his petitions, defendant claimed that his trial counsel was ineffective for misleading him into pleading guilty on counsel’s erroneous legal advice that there was no meritorious basis to pursue two motions to suppress incriminating statements. In our previous order, we affirmed the trial…