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Appellate Court of Illinois· 6/5/1996

People v. Powell

Citations

  • 666 N.E.2d 365
  • 281 Ill. App. 3d 68
  • 216 Ill. Dec. 915
  • 1996 Ill. App. LEXIS 403

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  • attorney’s recommendation to defendant to have a jury trial in a criminal case, rather than a bench trial, constitutes a matter of strategy or tactics and cannot support a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel
  • “[W]e note that both the federal and Illinois Constitutions explicitly speak of a defendant’s right to a jury trial, but neither speaks of a defendant’s right to a bench trial.” (Emphases in original.)
  • attorney’s recommendation to defendant to have a jury trial in a criminal case, rather than a bench trial, constituted a matter of strategy or tactics and could not support a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel
  • attorney's recommendation to defendant to have a jury trial in a criminal case, rather than a bench trial, constitutes a matter of strategy or tactics and cannot support a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel
  • attorney's recommendation to defendant to have a jury trial in a criminal case, rather than a bench trial, constituted a matter of strategy or tactics and could not support a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel
  • “If a defendant fails to speak out *** to make his desire for a bench trial known when the trial court begins the process of selecting and impaneling a jury, we will not entertain his later, after-the-fact claim that he really wanted a bench trial all along”

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Judges: Steigmann

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