Appellate Court of Illinois· 12/7/2001

People v. Smith

Citations

761 N.E.2d 306
326 Ill. App. 3d 831
260 Ill. Dec. 462
2001 Ill. App. LEXIS 904

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distinguishing an improper jury waiver claim from a claim that a defendant’s trial counsel improperly caused the defendant to waive a jury
distinguishing an improper jury waiver claim from a claim that a defendant’s trial counsel improperly caused the defendant to waive a jury
reversing first-stage dismissal of postconviction petition where defendant alleged he elected not to testify based on trial counsel’s erroneous advice that “defendant’s gang involvement would not come out if defendant did not testify”
“We take judicial notice that the trial judge has retired from the bench; therefore, a different judge will consider this petition on remand.”
“We take judicial notice that the trial judge has retired from the bench, therefore, a different judge will consider this petition on remand.”
unless positively rebutted by the record, all well-pled facts are taken as true at the first stage

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