People v. Brumas

This case comes on appeal for a second time pursuant to defendant’s petition for post-conviction relief. In the first appeal, this court determined that defendant was entitled to an evidentiary hearing for the purpose of determining whether defendant was the victim of ineffective assistance of counsel, thereby making his guilty pleas involuntary. (See People v. Brumas (1986), 142 Ill. App. 3d 178, 491 N.E.2d 773.) An evidentiary hearing was subsequently held after which the trial court denied defendant’s petition for post-conviction relief. Defendant now appeals the trial court’s order…