People v. Coe

*587 ¶ 1 Defendant, Andrew Coe, petitioned for postconviction relief. While his case awaited an evidentiary hearing, he completed his sentence, and consequently, the McLean County circuit court dismissed his petition as moot. Defendant appeals. In our de novo review (see *1259 *588 Benz v. Department of Children & Family Services , 2015 IL App (1st) 130414 , ¶ 31, 389 Ill.Dec. 695 , 27 N.E.3d 187 ), we conclude that, despite his release from custody, defendant still has a personal stake in the outcome of this postconviction proceeding, a stake sufficient to prevent his case from being moot (see In re…