People v. Lacy

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• noting that, if we can dispose of defendant’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim because he or she suffered no prejudice, we need not address whether counsel’s performance was objectively reasonable
• finding trial counsel could have reasonably decided the jury would afford the defendant’s aunt’s testimony “less weight”
• detailing points on which defense counsel cross-examined witness and finding no ineffective assistance of counsel from failure to further impeach witness
• analyzing a defendant’s argument that defense counsel was ineffective for failing to object to bloodhound tracking evidence and noting that even if its admission was erroneous, it was not prejudicial
• defendant forfeited argument on appeal where he did not develop it further “than a one-sentence statement that trial counsel was ineffective”
• defendant forfeited argument on appeal where he did not develop it further “than a one- sentence statement that trial counsel was ineffective”

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