People v. Hubbard

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Judgments
Citation
Case Number: 
2012 IL App (2d) 101158
Decision Date: 
Monday, January 9, 2012
District: 
2d Dist.
Division/County: 
Carroll Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
BIRKETT
(Court opinion corrected 1/25/12.) Judgments are void only if they are entered by a court lacking jurisdiction. An involuntary guilty plea is not an error that could deprive court of jurisdiction, and thus conviction was not void. Court properly ruled that postconviction petition was untimely and dismissed it without examination of voluntariness of Defendant's plea. (JORGENSEN and BURKE, concurring.)