People v. Wallace

¶ 1 The defendant, Jesse Wallace, appeals the second-stage dismissal of his postconviction petition, which raised a claim of ineffective assistance of plea counsel. The court advanced the petition to the second stage, expressly finding that it was not frivolous or patently without merit. Postconviction counsel did not amend the defendant's petition because he did not believe that there were any amendments he could make to present meritorious arguments. The State filed a motion to dismiss, arguing that the defendant's claims were forfeited because they could have been raised in his direct…