Legal Opinion
People v. Buchanan
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided September 7, 2010No. 2-08-0951PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Malley
Defendant, Robert Buchanan, Jr., appeals the dismissal of his postconviction petition filed pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122 — 1 et seq. (West 2006)). On appeal, defendant contends that the trial court’s dismissal of his petition should be reversed and the matter remanded for an evidentiary hearing because he made a substantial showing of ineffective assistance of appellate and trial counsel. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
BACKGROUND
On February 13, 2003, a jury found defendant guilty of first-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9 — 1(a)(2) (West 2002)). The jury…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- People v. ColemanIllinois Supreme Court · 1998
- People v. GaultneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1996
- People v. WhitfieldIllinois Supreme Court · 2005
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