People v. Brown

Court properly dismissed, at 1st stage, Defendant's postconviction petition alleging ineffectiveness of counsel for failure to investigate and present to jury the knife used by the victim during altercation in which Defendant shot the victim.  Defendant could have raised these claims on direct appeal, and properly dismissed as frivolous and patently without merit. Even if not forfeited, claims are meritless. Nothing in record shows that knife was recovered or in possession of the State, which is corroborated by Defendant's postconviction petition. (NEVILLE and MASON, concurring.)