People v. Black

PRESIDING JUSTICE COOK

delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury convicted defendant James Black on March 21, 1996, of four counts of aggravated stalking. The trial court sentenced him to four concurrent eight-year terms in prison. On direct appeal, this court affirmed. People v. Black, No. 4 — 96—0419 (1997) (unpublished order under Supreme Court Rule 23). The case comes to us upon denial of Black’s petition for postconviction relief (725 ILCS 5/122 — 1 (West 1998)), wherein Black alleges the ineffectiveness of both his trial counsel and his counsel on direct appeal.

Black’s trial garnered a…