People v. Johnson

Defendant, Sterling Johnson, was convicted of resisting arrest (720 ILCS 5/31 — 1 (West 2006)) and escape (720 ILCS 5/31 — 6 (West 2006)). On appeal, defendant claims that the State failed to prove him guilty of escape, that he is entitled to an additional day of credit for presentence custody, and that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel by his attorney’s failure to file a motion to withdraw his bond while he was in custody on another offense.

BACKGROUND

On March 27, 2006, defendant was charged by information with aggravated battery. The information was superceded by an…