People v. Ayres

2017 IL 120071

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS (Docket No. 120071) THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. QWANTRELL L. AYRES, Appellant. Opinion filed February 17, 2017. JUSTICE BURKE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Freeman, Kilbride, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Thomas dissented, with opinion, joined by Chief Justice Karmeier and Justice Garman. OPINION ¶1 A pro se posttrial claim alleging ineffective assistance of counsel is governed by the common-law procedure developed from our decision in People v. Krankel,

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