People v. Hatter

2021 IL 125981

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS (Docket No. 125981) THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ANTHONY HATTER, Appellant. Opinion filed May 20, 2021. JUSTICE CARTER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Anne M. Burke and Justices Garman, Theis, Neville, Michael J. Burke, and Overstreet concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION ¶1 In this case, we consider whether a pro se postconviction petition, alleging the petitioner’s trial counsel failed to raise a plausible defense to the charges that were the subject of his guilty plea,…