Case Name: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. VICTOR GARCIA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: Illinois Appellate Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1998-07-14
Citations: 298 Ill. App. 3d 34
Docket Number: No. 1-95-4241
Parties: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. VICTOR GARCIA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Appellate Court Reports, Third Series
Volume: 298
Pages: 34–36

Head Matter:
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. VICTOR GARCIA, Defendant-Appellant.
First District (2nd Division)
No. 1-95—4241
Opinion filed July 14, 1998.
McNULTY, J., specially concurring.
Michael J. Pelletier and Barbara Kamm, both of State Appellate Defender’s Office, of Chicago, for appellant.
Richard A. Devine, State’s Attorney, of Chicago (Renee Goldfarb and Joan F. Frazier, Assistant State’s Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Opinion:
JUSTICE RAKOWSKI
delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a jury trial, Victor Garcia was found guilty of aggravated criminal sexual assault. Judgment was entered on the conviction in November of 1993.
In October of 1995, defendant petitioned to set aside the conviction pursuant to section 2 — 1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2 — 1401 (West 1994)). The gist of defendant's claim was that the victim of the assault had sent him letters admitting that she had lied at trial. The trial court denied defendant's petition without an evidentiary hearing.
Following People v. Hilliard, 65 Ill. App. 3d 642 (1978), and People v. Cole, 215 Ill. App. 3d 585 (1991), this court affirmed the trial court's dismissal in an unpublished decision. People v. Garcia, 293 Ill. App. 3d 1128 (1997) (unpublished order under Supreme Court Rule 23).
On March 9, 1998, the Illinois Supreme Court entered a supervisory order directing this court to vacate its judgment and remand the case to the trial court for an evidentiary hearing.
Pursuant to that mandate, we hereby vacate our judgment in case No. 1 — 95—4241 and remand this cause to the trial court with instructions to conduct an evidentiary hearing.
Judgment vacated; remanded with instructions.
TULLY, J., concurs.