People v. Neal

Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of 2 felony drug charges. Evidence of Defendant's guilt was overwhelming, and was not closely balanced. Court properly conducted a Krankel hearing and found that appointment of new counsel was not appropriate to pursue claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel.Court based its its evaluation of allegations on its knowledge of defense counsel's performance at trial and the insufficiency of allegations on their face. (KNECHT and CAVANAGH, concurring.)