PEOPLE v. GOOSENS

No. 1-92-0521.

640 N.E.2d 284 (1994)

262 Ill. App.3d 722

203 Ill.Dec. 625

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher GOOSENS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

April 25, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender (Gordon H. Berry, Asst. Appellate Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., County of Cook (Renee Goldfarb, William D. Carroll and Eric R. Lifvendahl, Asst. State's Attys. of counsel), for appellee.


Presiding Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant, Christopher Goosens was found guilty of first degree murder for the shooting of Jose Feliciano, and sentenced to a term of 30 years imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) his conviction should either be reversed or reduced to second degree murder because he acted in self defense; and (2) he was denied effective assistance of counsel. For the following...

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