PEOPLE v. McPHEE

No. 1-91-2908.

628 N.E.2d 523 (1993)

256 Ill. App.3d 102

195 Ill.Dec. 59

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alexander McPHEE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

November 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of the State Appellate Defender, Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Chicago (Nan Ellen Foley, Asst. Appellate Defender, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Jack O'Malley, Cook County State's Atty., of Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Margaret J. Faustmann, Katherine S.W. Schweit, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice BUCKLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Alexander McPhee was found guilty of possession with the intent to deliver more than 15 and less than 100 grams of a controlled substance containing cocaine. The trial judge sentenced defendant to nine years in the Illinois State Penitentiary. On appeal, defendant argues: (1) that his sixth amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was denied by his attorney's failure to...

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