People v. Reed

PRESIDING JUSTICE HOLDRIDGE

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, David Reed, pled guilty to the offense of armed robbery and was sentenced to a term of 15 years’ imprisonment. The plea of guilty was entered and sentence was imposed by judgment entered on March 17, 1994. No postplea motion or appeal was filed. On February 27, 1997, the defendant filed a postconviction petition pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (the Act) (725 ILCS 5/122—1 et seq. (West Supp. 1997)). The defendant maintained in his petition that he had been taking psychotropic medication at the time he…