Illinois Supreme Court
Criminal Court
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
(Modified upon denial of rehearing 2/28/19.) Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of armed robbery and aggravated robbery. Court properly dismissed Defendant's postconviction petition, as he failed to make a substantial showing that his trial counsel was ineffective. Counsel's failure to call a witness to testify was a matter of trial strategy, as there were many reasons to not call that witness. Even if witness' statements to police had been introduced at trial, it would have simply corroborated other witnesses and thus would have been cumulative.(KARMEIER, GARMAN, THEIS, and NEVILLE, concurring; THOMAS and KILBRIDE, concurring.)