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PEOPLE v. CATHEY

No. 111746.

965 N.E.2d 1109 (2012)

358 Ill. Dec. 630

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Elron CATHEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

March 22, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Alan D. Goldberg , Deputy Defender, and David C. Holland , Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield, and Anita Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Annette Collins and Matthew Connors , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

OPINION

Justice BURKE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 The defendant, Elron Cathey, filed a pro se postconviction petition in which he alleged he received ineffective assistance of counsel on direct appeal. According to the petition, counsel failed to argue that defendant's trial judge erred when the judge declined to rule on defendant's motion in limine to bar the use of prior convictions for impeachment purposes...

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