PEOPLE v. PATTERSON

No. 4-09-0656.

971 N.E.2d 1204 (2012)

361 Ill. Dec. 682

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ricky A. PATTERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

July 11, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Springfield, and Johannah B. Weber , Deputy Defender, Paige Clark Strawn , Asst. Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, for Ricky A. Patterson.

Julia Rietz , Champaign County State's Attorney, Urbana ( Patrick Delfino , Director, Robert J. Biderman , Dep. Director, and Anastacia R. Brooks , Staff Attorney, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

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

¶ 1 Defendant, Ricky A. Patterson, appeals the trial court's denial of his motion for forensic testing not available at trial pursuant to section 116-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (Criminal Procedure Code) (725 ILCS 5/116-3 (West 2008)). He contends he was denied a reasonable level of assistance of counsel because his counsel failed to provide sufficient information...

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