People v. Pineda

Defendant, Rudolpho D. Pineda, appeals from the summary dismissal of his postconviction petition. See 725 ILCS 5/122 — 2.1(a)(2) (West 2004). In the petition, defendant alleges that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to introduce evidence that one of the two complaining witnesses had a prior conviction of battery and then failing to argue that the witness’s violent character supported the inference that defendant acted in self-defense. We affirm the summary dismissal of the petition.

FACTS

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of the attempted first-degree murder (720 ILCS…