People v. Cotto

Illinois Official Reports Appellate Court People v. Cotto,

2015 IL App (1st) 123489

Appellate Court THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Caption JESUS COTTO, Defendant-Appellant. District & No. First District, Third Division Docket No. 1-12-3489 Filed February 11, 2015 Held The second-stage dismissal of defendant’s postconviction petition was (Note: This syllabus affirmed, despite defendant’s contentions that his privately retained constitutes no part of the postconviction counsel did not provide him with reasonable assistance opinion of the court but because he failed to…