PEOPLE v. SIMPSON

Docket No. 1-11-1914.

993 N.E.2d 527 (2013)

373 Ill. Dec. 221

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marcel SIMPSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Rehearing Denied July 17, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , Alan D. Goldberg , and Megan E. Ledbetter , all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Mary Needham , and William L. Toffenetti , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

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

¶ 1 A jury found Marcel Simpson guilty of murder. On appeal, Simpson contends that he did not receive effective assistance of counsel because his attorney failed to object when the court permitted the jury to watch a video recording of a witness telling police that Simpson confessed to the murder. We find counsel's failure to object objectively unreasonable, and we...

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