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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 1-92-3448.

655 N.E.2d 997 (1995)

275 Ill.App.3d 242

211 Ill.Dec. 614

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Russell WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

Rehearing Denied September 27, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, and Ann C. McCallister, Asst. Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellant.

Jack O'Malley, States Atty. of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Theodore F. Burtzos, Jon J. Walters, and Kevin Simon, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for appellee.

Justice CAHILL delivered the opinion of the court:

We review a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel based upon the failure to tender a jury instruction in a criminal case, and in the alternative, that the supreme court decision in People v. Brocksmith (1994), 162 Ill.2d 224, 205 Ill.Dec. 113, 642 N.E.2d 1230 mandates reversal. We affirm.<...

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