People v. Young

The majority has chosen to address most1 of defendant’s claims of prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective assistance of counsel under the plain error rule (134 Ill. 2d R. 615(a)). As the majority notes, a court may review otherwise unpreserved error under the plain error rule where “(1) the evidence in a criminal case is closely balanced or (2) the error is so fundamental and of such magnitude that the accused is denied the right to a fair trial and remedying the error is necessary to preserve the integrity of the judicial process.” People v. Johnson, 208 Ill. 2d 53, 63-64 (2003). In…