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PEOPLE v. HOMMERSON

Docket No. 2-11-0805.

983 N.E.2d 549 (2013)

2013 IL App (2d) 110805

368 Ill. Dec. 136

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Peter HOMMERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

January 18, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Lilien and Kathleen J. Hamill , both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Michael G. Nerheim , State's Attorney, of Waukegan ( Lawrence M. Bauer , Edward R. Psenicka , and Jay Paul Hoffmann , all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;s Office, of counsel), for the People.

OPINION

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

¶ 1 The defendant, Peter Hommerson, filed a pro se postconviction petition, alleging that trial counsel was ineffective at his trial, at which he was found guilty of the first-degree murders of Marvin and Kay Lichtman. The defendant argued, inter alia, that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to impeach prosecution witnesses, investigate and call other witnesses...

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