Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Jury Instructions
Defendant was convicted of first-degree murder and court properly dismissed as frivolous and patently without merit his post-conviction petition. Evidence of guilt was overwhelming, and there was insufficient evidence to support a self-defense jury instruction, or necessity defense jury instruction. Thus, appellate counsel was not ineffective for choosing not to raise self-defense instruction or necessity defense instruction issue on appeal.(CONNORS and HOFFMAN, concurring.)