Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Defendant's counsel was not ineffective for failing to object to presence of two uniformed security officers positioned behind Defendant during his trial for first degree murder. Nature and extent of security measures, by presence of officers, was not abnormal nor inherently prejudicial, and their presence did not result in actual prejudice to Defendant, who appeared at trial in street clothes and was not shackled or handcuffed, was never brought into courtroom while jury was present, and officers never spoke to him while jury was present.