Supreme Court of Illinois

Conviction for murder is affirmed over claim of ineffective assistance of counsel where trial counsel had no constitutional duty to consult about an appeal where counsel had no reason to think either that a rational defendant would want to appeal or that this particular defendant had reasonably demonstrated that he was interested in appealing.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/17/2008
• Published 04/17/2008

Judges

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, James W. Glasgow, State's Attorney, Joliet (Michael A. Scodro, Solicitor General, Michael M. Glick, Eldad Z. Malamuth, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, Norbert J. Goetten, Lawrence M. Bauer, Richard T. Leonard, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, Santiago A. Durango, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for appellee.