PEOPLE v. YOUNGBLOOD

No. 2-07-0203.

906 N.E.2d 720 (2009)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Antwan D. YOUNGBLOOD, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

April 2, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Lilien, Deputy Defender, Elgin, Robert J. Agostinelli, Carrie B. Stevens (all Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for Antwan D. Youngblood.

John A. Barsanti, Kane County State's Attorney, St. Charles, Lawrence M. Bauer, Deputy Director, Richard S. London, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for the People.


Justice HUDSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Antwan D. Youngblood, appeals from the order of the circuit court of Kane County dismissing his pro se postconviction petition at the first stage of postconviction proceedings. The issue raised on appeal is whether defendant's petition sets forth the gist of a constitutional claim that his trial counsel was ineffective. We determine that the petition does not present the gist of such a constitutional...

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