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People v. Briones

Citations

  • 816 N.E.2d 1120
  • 352 Ill. App. 3d 913
  • 287 Ill. Dec. 909
  • 2004 Ill. App. LEXIS 1207

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that defense counsel’s failure to object to IPI Criminal 4th No. 3.15 with the “ors” prejudiced the defendant
  • holding that defense counsel’s failure to object to IPI Criminal 4th No. 3.15 with the “ors” prejudiced the defendant
  • \little is more damaging than to fail to produce important evidence that had been promised in an opening\ (internal quotation marks omitted
  • “if the defendant, contrary to defense counsel’s previous assertion, decided not to testify at the trial, his counsel’s performance was not deficient”
  • counsel promised defendant would “ ‘get up here on this witness stand’ ”
  • counsel’s performance may be unreasonable if the failure to present promised testimony is foreseeable

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Judges: Hopkins, Chapman, Kuehn

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