People v. Whitney

Defendant, Charles E. Whitney, appeals from the judgment of the circuit court of Kane County denying his postjudgment petition brought pursuant to section 2 — 1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Code) (735 ILCS 5/2 — 1401 (West 2004)). Defendant requests that we reverse the trial court’s judgment and that we remand the cause to the circuit court for further proceedings on his petition. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In October 1998, defendant pleaded guilty to one count of home invasion (720 ILCS 5/12 — 11 (West 1996)) and was sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment and 3 years’ mandatory supervised…