People v. Hood

916 N.E.2d 1287 (2009)

334 Ill.Dec. 399

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

Richard L. HOOD, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 4-08-0788.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

October 22, 2009.

In September 2008, defendant, Richard L. Hood, filed a pro se pleading entitled "habeas corpus petition." Also in September 2008, the trial court dismissed defendant's pleading after recharacterizing it as a postconviction petition. In this appeal, defendant alleges the trial court erred by not giving him the admonishments required by our supreme court in People v. Shellstrom, 216 Ill.2d…