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PEOPLE v. BROOKS

No. 1-02-1850.

803 N.E.2d 626 (2004)

345 Ill. App.3d 945

281 Ill.Dec. 222

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LaVance BROOKS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

January 16, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago (Gregory W. Knapp, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, James E. Fitzgerald and Jon J. Walters, of counsel), for Appellee.

Presiding Justice FROSSARD delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial, defendant LaVance Brooks was found guilty of armed robbery. He was sentenced to prison for 20 years. Defendant appeals his conviction. He contends he was denied the effective assistance of counsel because his defense counsel failed to invoke the Uniform Rendition of Prisoners as Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings Act (725 ILCS 235/6 (West 2000)) in order to secure alibi witness Robert...

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