People v. Carrizoza

¶ 1 Defendant, Jose A. Carrizoza, appeals the denial of his postconviction petition, alleging that the case should be remanded for further postconviction proceedings where counsel filed a Rule 604(d) certificate instead of a Rule 651(c) certificate and failed to amend defendant's pro se petition See Ill. S. Ct. R. 604(d) (eff. Dec. 3, 2015); R. 651(c) (eff. Feb. 6, 2013). We reverse and remand with directions.

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¶ 3 Defendant was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver ( 720 ILCS 570/401(a)(2)(D) (West 2008) ). Defendant filed a motion to…