People v. Rivera

Illinois Official Reports Appellate Court People v. Rivera,

2014 IL App (2d) 120884

Appellate Court THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Caption JOSE J. RIVERA, Defendant-Appellant. District & No. Second District Docket No. 2-12-0884 Filed February 19, 2014 Held The appellate court upheld the dismissal of defendant’s postconviction (Note: This syllabus petition alleging that defense counsel, in a prosecution for aggravated constitutes no part of the arson, was ineffective in failing to tender an instruction on the lesser opinion of the court but included offense of…