People v. Jefferson

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Citation
Case Number: 
2021 IL App (2d) 190179
Decision Date: 
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
District: 
2d Dist.
Division/County: 
Winnebago Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed in part and vacated in part.
Justice: 
SCHOSTOK

Defendant was convicted of 1 counts of home invasion, 2 counts of armed robbery, and 2 counts of aggravated robbery. No ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to make evidentiary objections to questions that elicited hearsay answers tending to show his possession of a firearm, as no showing that this failure to make objections prejudiced Defendant.  Aggravated robbery convictions are vacated under the one-act, one-crime rule as they are based on the same physical acts as the armed robbery convictions. (JORGENSEN and BRENNAN, concurring.)