Illinois Supreme Court· 6/20/2002

People v. Harris

Citations

794 N.E.2d 181
206 Ill. 2d 293
276 Ill. Dec. 286
2002 Ill. LEXIS 343

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finding that a defendant’s allegations that he -8- suffered from mental impairments did not necessarily establish that he was unfit and the issue, instead, was whether the defendant “could understand the proceedings and cooperate with counsel”
“Regarding the second Strickland prong, a reasonable probability is a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome” [Citation.]”
stating “defendant is the source of this [alibi] information and was armed with this information at the time of trial.”
stating the mere fact that a defendant suffers from mental impairments does not necessarily establish that the defendant was unfit to stand trial or plead guilty
affirming the trial court's dismissal of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim without an evidentiary hearing where the defendant failed to make a substantial showing of prejudice
rejecting the petitioner’s claim that his alibi was newly discovered because the petitioner himself was “the source of this information and was armed with [it] at the time of [his] trial”

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Judges: Fitzgerald, Harrison, McMorrow, Kilbride

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