Illinois Supreme Court· 4/20/1989

People v. Johnson

Citations

538 N.E.2d 1118
128 Ill. 2d 253
131 Ill. Dec. 562
1989 Ill. LEXIS 66

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holding that despite the “seriousness of defendant’s actions” in committing the murder, defendant’s sentence had to be reduced because “ ‘defendant ha[d] led a relatively blameless life except for this one explosive episode’ ”
recognizing that counsel risks losing credibility with the trier of fact on charges where a legitimate defense exists by contesting charges where there is overwhelming evidence of guilt and no defense
holding that despite the “seriousness of defendant’s actions” in committing the murder, defendant’s sentence had to be reduced because “ ‘defendant 40 No. 1-07-0266 ha[d] led a relatively blameless life except for this one explosive episode’ ”
finding counsel’s concession to murder while opposing other counts was not an entire failure to subject the prosecution’s case to adversarial testing
applying the two- 15 part Strickland standard and, without deciding the first prong, concluding that in light of the overwhelming evidence the defendant suffered no prejudice from the claimed errors
distinguishing Cronic/Hattery and rejecting defendant’s claim of per se ineffective assistance

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Judges: Ryan, Clark, Ward, Calvo

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