Appellate Court of Illinois· 6/16/2003

People v. Smith

Citations

794 N.E.2d 367
341 Ill. App. 3d 530
276 Ill. Dec. 472
2003 Ill. App. LEXIS 751

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holding that the defendant could not raise this issue in a successive postconviction petition because he could not show prejudice
holding that the defendant could not raise this issue in a successive postconviction petition because he could not show prejudice
finding in an ineffective assistance of appellate counsel claim that the defendant suffered no prejudice where his oral confession and positive identification as the perpetrator rendered the evidence overwhelming against him
“we fail to see how defendant could not have known of the existence of Edwards, his own codefendant, and the alleged testimony he could have provided”
the jury being undecided for four hours was not sufficient to make the evidence close for plain-error purposes
the jury being undecided for four hours was not sufficient to make the evidence close for plain-error purposes

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Judges: Gordon

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