Opinion ID: 4551458
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: State Court Postconviction Proceedings

Text: Following her direct appeal, Lentz filed a petition for relief pursuant to the Post–Conviction Hearing Act (Act), 725 ILCS 5/122–1. See Lentz II, 2015 IL App (2d) 140888-U, ¶ 2. The trial court granted the state’s motion to dismiss the petition without an evidentiary hearing, and Lentz appealed. In her state court postconviction appeal, she argued that the trial court improperly dismissed her petition because she made a substantial showing that she was deprived of her right to effective assistance of trial counsel. The appellate court affirmed the dismissal. Id. ¶ 65. The issues raised in her state postconviction proceedings—ineffective assistance of counsel—are not at issue in this habeas appeal and we say no more about them.