Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court:
After a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Jesse Shepherd, was convicted of first degree murder (Ill. Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(1)), and was sentenced to a 20-year term in the Illinois Department of Corrections.
On appeal, defendant contends (1) he was denied effective assistance of counsel in violation of the sixth and fourteenth amendments; (2) defense counsel was under...
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