Illinois Supreme Court
Criminal Court
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Death Penalty
(Modified upon denial of rehearing 5/24/10). Sufficient evidence shown for convictions for first degree murder and aggravated discharge of firearm for Defendant who shot and killed woman during carjacking. Claim of ineffective assistance of counsel did not warrant appointment of attorney to present claim, as whether to call certain witnesses for defense at trial, and jury selection and voir dire, are matters of trial strategy left to trial counsel's discretion. Illinois death penalty statute does not violate due process, as statute does not require State, at second stage of death sentencing hearing, to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that aggravating factors outweigh mitigating factors. Date for execution set.