People v. Gale

PRESIDING JUSTICE FITZGERALD SMITH

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Eudeltro Gale (defendant) filed a pro se postconviction petition from the judgment, relating to his conviction for burglary. The trial court summarily dismissed the petition as frivolous and patently without merit. Defendant appeals, contending that the trial court erred in summarily dismissing his petition where he presented the gist of a meritorious constitutional claim focusing on ineffective assistance of trial counsel in relation to counsel’s failure to obtain defendant’s mental health records. Defendant also…