People v. Taylor

Defendant Sylvester Taylor was charged by indictment with the murder of Leroy Tyner in violation of section 9 — 1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1). After a jury trial, defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 30 years in prison.

The sole issue on appeal is whether defense counsel’s failure to subpoena a particular witness denied defendant effective assistance of counsel.

We affirm.

On February 28, 1978, at 5 p.m., Gussie Johnson went to visit Sylvia Hurt at her apartment. At 6 p.m. Leroy Tyner arrived, stayed for 10 minutes and left. Defendant Sylvester…