People v. Horman

*800 *970 ¶ 1 Defendant, William B. Horman, appeals his convictions for first degree murder and concealment of a homicidal death, arguing (1) that defense counsel was ineffective for failing to file a motion for reconsideration of its pretrial order granting the State a continuance and a motion to dismiss on speedy trial grounds and (2) that the circuit court should have conducted a preliminary Krankel inquiry into defendant's pro se posttrial allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm and remand.

¶ 2 I. BACKGROUND

¶ 3 Defendant was charged with first degree murder ( 720 ILCS…