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· 4/17/2008

People v. Houston

Citations

  • 890 N.E.2d 424
  • 229 Ill. 2d 1
  • 321 Ill. Dec. 702
  • 2008 Ill. LEXIS 313

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • following remand and reconstruction of a bystander’s report, the court found that even if voir dire had been recorded, defendant could not have shown prejudice
  • rejecting the defendant’s ineffective-assistance-of-trial-counsel claim because the reconstructed record showed that counsel’s waiver of the court reporter during voir dire did not prejudice the defendant
  • on appeal, defendant claimed that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to request IPI Criminal 4th No. 3.15
  • state appellate defender argued that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to request IPI Criminal 4th No. 3.15
  • the defendant’s counsel waived the presence of the court reporter by affirmatively agreeing that the reporter’s presence was unnecessary
  • on appeal, defendant claimed that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to request IPI Criminal 4th No. 3.15

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Judges: Freeman

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