People v. Cocroft

Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of 2 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault and sentenced to consecutive terms of 25 and 20 years. Court denied Defendant's pro se petition seeking mitochondrial DNA testing of a bedsheet.  No ineffective assistance of counsel by counsel failing to amend Defendant's pro se petition, as no amendment could have overcome petition's fundamental flaws. DNA evidence firmly linked Defendant to mark on victim's neck, corroborated physician's independt testimony. (MIKVA and GRIFFIN, concurring.)