People v. Davis

In February 2004, a jury convicted defendant, Frederick B. Davis, of residential burglary (720 ILCS 5/19 — 3(a) (West 2002)) and robbery (720 ILCS 5/18 — 1 (West 2002)). In May 2004, the trial court sentenced him to 14 years in prison on each conviction, with those sentences to be served concurrently.

In June 2004, defendant filed a motion to reconsider his sentence, which the trial court later denied. In August 2004, defendant pro se filed a petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (725 ILCS 5/122 — 1 through 122 — 8 (West 2004)), alleging that (1) he received ineffective…