The court properly denied defendant's motion to vacate judgment, made on the ground of ineffective assistance of trial counsel, without granting a hearing. Defendant's motion contained no additional factual allegations beyond the existing record on direct appeal, including the undisputed fact that trial counsel did not raise several possible suppression issues. On that appeal, this Court found that "the existing record [was] insufficient to establish that any of counsel's...
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