People v. Morales

Defendant Louis Morales pled guilty to one count of aggravated battery with a firearm and was sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment. Defendant subsequently filed a pro se postconviction petition to vacate his plea, which the circuit court summarily dismissed as frivolous and patently without merit. On appeal, defendant contends that the trial court erred in dismissing his petition because Public Act 86 — 980 (Pub. Act 86 — 980, eff. July 1, 1990), which created the offense of aggravated battery with a firearm and under which defendant pled guilty, violates the single subject rule of the…