People v. Holmes

Defendant, Brandon R. Holmes, appeals his conviction of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver more than one gram but less than five grams of a substance containing cocaine (720 ILCS 570/401(c)(2) (West 2006)). On appeal, he argues that he was denied effective assistance of counsel because defense counsel failed to: (1) move to dismiss the indictment; and (2) properly object to the State’s use of dog-tracking evidence. We affirm.

I. Facts

We will relate only the evidence necessary for the purposes of this appeal.

During the jury trial, Waukegan police officer Andrew Valko…