PEOPLE v. DOWNEY

Nos. 2-88-1077, 2-88-1078 cons.

198 Ill. App.3d 704 (1990)

556 N.E.2d 300

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent-Appellee, v. CONNIE DOWNEY, Petitioner-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed June 15, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Fred L. Foreman, State's Attorney, of Waukegan (William L. Browers and David A. Bernhard, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE WOODWARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Connie Downey, appeals from an order of the circuit court dismissing his post-conviction petition in two separate cases. Pursuant to defendant's motion, this court consolidated these cases for this appeal. Defendant raises the issue of whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying defendant an evidentiary hearing on the issues of the ineffective assistance of...

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