People v. Stewart

Defendant was convicted, after one-day jury trial, of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and aggravated assault. Court did not abuse its discretion in denying jury's request for transcript of recorded testimony, and in encouraging jurors to rely on their own recollection of the evidence.  No ineffective assistance of counsel by counsel's failure to object to letter of certification that Defendant did not possess a valid FOID card. Record is devoid of any indication that Defendant did possess a valid FOID card. Counsel's inaction was consistent with his trial strategy that Defendant did not shoot a gun. (LYTTON and O'BRIEN, concurring.)