Appellate Court of Illinois· 3/6/1992

People v. Dean

Citations

589 N.E.2d 888
226 Ill. App. 3d 465
168 Ill. Dec. 488
1992 Ill. App. LEXIS 321

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holding counsel’s declination to present a witness of whom he was aware would be presumed to be a matter of trial strategy
finding that decision not to call alibi witnesses was trial strategy because all three may have been relatives of defendant and their testimony would thus be afforded little weight
holding counsel's declination to present a witness of whom he was aware would be presumed to be a matter of trial strategy
finding that the decision not to call alibi witnesses was trial strategy because all three witnesses were relatives of the defendant and their testimony would thus be afforded little weight
rejecting a claim of ineffectiveness where “[a] 11 three of the potential alibi witnesses may have been related to codefendant ***, and thus, their credibility may have carried little weight”
finding counsel’s decision not to call three potential alibi witnesses who were relatives of a codefendant was trial strategy

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