PEOPLE v. SCHULTZ

No. 2-88-0010.

186 Ill. App.3d 976 (1989)

542 N.E.2d 1272

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WALTER SCHULTZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed August 9, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller and Paul J. Glaser, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, State's Attorney, of Wheaton (William L. Browers and Colleen M. Griffin, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE DUNN delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found defendant, Walter Schultz, guilty of the offense of unlawful use of weapons by a felon (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 24-1.1), and the trial court sentenced defendant to a four-year term of incarceration. On appeal, defendant contends that his trial counsel was incompetent because counsel failed to investigate fully the possibility that defendant might reasonably have been...

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