People v. CORREDOR

Defendant, Juan Corredor, appeals from an order recharacterizing his motion for an order nunc pro tunc as a petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122 — 1 et seq. (West 2008)) and dismissing it. He contends that the court erred in recharacterizing the motion without first giving him the admonitions required under People v. Shellstrom, 216 Ill. 2d 45 (2005). We agree; accordingly, we vacate the dismissal and remand the matter for Shellstrom admonitions.

I. BACKGROUND

In case No. 05 — CF—509, on March 24, 2005, a grand jury indicted defendant on three counts of…