People v. Wallace

Defendant, William Wallace, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Lake County dismissing his amended petition for post-conviction relief. On appeal, defendant argues that this order should be reversed because he received ineffective assistance of counsel during the post-conviction proceedings. We affirm.

In October 1984, defendant was convicted of aggravated criminal sexual assault (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 12 — 14). He was originally sentenced to a 20-year term of imprisonment. This court affirmed defendant’s conviction on direct appeal but remanded the cause for…