People v. Anthony Roy W.

The defendant, Anthony Roy W, was convicted of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child (720 ILCS 5/12 — 14.1 (West 1998)), and criminal sexual assault (720 ILCS 5/12 — 13) (West 1998)). He was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment. The defendant filed a posttrial motion alleging ineffective assistance of counsel based on: (1) trial counsel’s failure to present evidence that the victim had pending delinquency charges and was in the custody of the juvenile authorities at the time of trial; and (2) trial counsel’s failure to present a witness who would testify that he had sexual intercourse…