· 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
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- 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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