People v. Broughton

Defendant Kenneth Broughton appeals from a Cook County circuit court order dismissing his postconviction petition without an evidentiary hearing. Defendant contends that an accomplice’s affidavit constitutes newly discovered evidence of defendant’s innocence; trial counsel failed to present the testimony of an available witness; and postconviction counsel failed to comply with Supreme Court Rule 651(c) (134 Ill. 2d R. 651(c). We affirm the judgment of the circuit court.

BACKGROUND

Defendant and seven other men were charged with the August 1987 fatal beating of truck driver Julio Palomo at an…