People v. Jones

(Court opinion corrected 12/19/12.) No error in allowing State to amend indictment on first day of trial. No ineffective assistance of counsel in defense counsel failing to strike a juror, as it was a matter of trial strategy to accept juror. Entire voir dire must be considered, not only juror's statement that he would like to believe that police officers were more credible; totality of juror's responses showed that he could be fair and impartial. No ineffective assistance of counsel by defense counsel waiting until surrebuttal to call a witness, who was not allowed to testify. Counsel's decision not to call witness was a sound strategy and not a procedural mistake. (HUDSON and BIRKETT, concurring.)