PEOPLE v. SKINNER

Nos. 1-88-0004, 1-89-3006.

581 N.E.2d 252 (1991)

220 Ill. App.3d 479

163 Ill.Dec. 301

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Reginald SKINNER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

September 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Shelton O. Green, Asst. Public Defender, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

State's Atty. of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, James E. Fitzgerald, Asst. State's Attys. and Ado L. Rugai, Sp. Asst. State's Atty, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice BUCKLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial, defendant Reginald Skinner was convicted of residential burglary (Ill.Rev.Stat.1985, ch. 38, par. 19-3) and sentenced to seven and one-half years imprisonment. Subsequently, defendant filed a petition for post-conviction relief alleging ineffective assistance of counsel which the circuit court dismissed without holding an evidentiary hearing. Defendant appeals his conviction alleging: (1) he...

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