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PEOPLE v. SHANKLIN

No. 4-98-0615.

711 N.E.2d 796 (1999)

304 Ill. App.3d 1056

238 Ill.Dec. 409

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sheila SHANKLIN, n/k/a Sheila McDaniel, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied June 30, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan J. Novick (argued), Jennings, Novick, Smalley & Davis, P.C., Bloomington, for Sheila Shanklin.

Charles G. Reynard, State's Attorney, Bloomington, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, James C. Majors, Staff Attorney (argued), State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for People.

Justice MYERSCOUGH delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Sheila Shanklin, appeals an order entered June 9, 1998, following a hearing in the circuit court of McLean County, denying her petition for postconviction relief. She maintains on appeal that she was denied the effective assistance of counsel at trial and on direct appeal. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On July 10, 1996, following a bench trial in the circuit court of McLean County, defendant...

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