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PEOPLE v. COLEMAN

No. 1-09-1005.

956 N.E.2d 966 (2011)

353 Ill. Dec. 838

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jonathan COLEMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

July 22, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Alan D. Goldberg , Patricia Unsinn , Deputy Defender, Bryon M. Reina , Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Anita Alvarez , State's Attorney ( Alan J. Spellberg , Miles J. Keleher , Douglas Harvath , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Respondent-Appellee.

OPINION

Presiding Justice GARCIA delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 The circuit court summarily dismissed the defendant's postconviction petition in which he asserted, among other claims, ineffective assistance of trial counsel based on his allegation that counsel deprived him of his right to testify and that appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance when he failed to raise "wholly meritorious" issues on direct appeal. Alternatively...

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