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PEOPLE v. VEACH

No. 120649

2017 IL 120649

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. BLACKIE VEACH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Filed May 18, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Thomas A. Lilien , Deputy Defender, and Jack Hildebrand , Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Elgin, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield ( David L. Franklin , Solicitor General, and Michael M. Glick and Daniel B. Lewin , Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Chief Justice Karmeier and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

¶ 1 In this appeal, we examine the propriety of a growing practice in the appellate court of declining to consider ineffective assistance of counsel claims on direct review. A Coles County jury found defendant, Blackie Veach, guilty of two counts of attempted...

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