People v. Barry

Following a bench trial, defendant Robert Barry was found guilty of two counts of aggravated battery and sentenced to serve a 30-month probation conditioned upon periodic imprisonment. Following a hearing, the court granted defendant’s post-conviction motion. The State appeals from the order of the circuit court of Cook County which granted defendant’s post-conviction motion for a new trial based on ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm.

At trial, the State presented the testimony of Patricia Breason, Caroline Ganshir and Kimber Friedrich. On the evening of August 3, 1986, at…