People v. Booker

PRESIDING JUSTICE REINHARD

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Melvin L. Booker, was found guilty by a jury in the circuit court of Lake County of the offense of burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 19—1(a)) and was sentenced to a five-year term of imprisonment.

Defendant raises one issue on appeal: whether he was denied the effective assistance of counsel because his trial attorney failed to tender a jury instruction on the offense of criminal damage to property (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 21—1(1)(a)).

Defendant was charged by information with committing the offense of…