People v. Craig

Defendant was convicted of multiple counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Remanded for limited purpose of allowing court to inquire into the factual basis of Defendant’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. Statements in PSI attributed to Defendant specifically refer to counsel’s failure to call Defendant’s niece as a witness, who would have testified that victims told her that Defendant did not commit the offense. The substance of Defendant’s statements raised a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. As a PSI is prepared for the court, the court is required to consider it, and thus a Krankel preliminary inquiry was warranted. (JORGENSEN and BURKE, concurring.)