Legal Opinion
People v. Robinson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided July 23, 2007No. 2-06-0037PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bowman
Defendant, Michael D. Robinson, appeals the summary dismissal of his petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122 — 1 et seq. (West 2004)). Defendant contends that his petition states the gist of a meritorious claim that his trial and appellate counsel were ineffective for failing to argue that the trial court denied defendant due process by requiring him to wear leg shackles during his trial. We affirm.
Defendant was charged with the murder (720 ILCS 5/9 — 1(a) (West 2002)) of Geoffrey DuPont, a coworker at a Meineke Muffler shop in Wauconda. Defendant…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Deck v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- People v. GaultneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1996
- People v. BussIllinois Supreme Court · 1999
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