Appellate Court of Illinois· 10/27/2005

People v. Hamilton

Citations

838 N.E.2d 160
361 Ill. App. 3d 836
297 Ill. Dec. 673
2005 Ill. App. LEXIS 1060

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noting that the decision not to call an expert witness is a matter of trial strategy
“Generally, decisions concerning which witnesses to call and which evidence to present on a defendant’s behalf are viewed as matters of trial strategy”
“In a bench trial, a judge’s determination based on his own private knowledge, that is untested by cross-examination or the rules of evidence, amounts to a denial of due process”
“In a bench trial, a judge’s determination based on his own private knowledge, that is untested by cross-examination or the rules of evidence, amounts to a denial of due process”
in a case where the parties disputed how the defendant’s young daughter ended up in scalding bathwater, the appellate court determined that the defendant was not prejudiced by the trial judge recalling how his own children entered tubs
“Counsel’s failure to call an expert witness is not per se ineffective assistance, even where doing so may have made the defendant’s case stronger, because the State could always call its own witness to offer a contrasting opinion.”

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Judges: Greiman

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