PEOPLE v. LOGAN

No. 1-09-3582.

954 N.E.2d 743 (2011)

352 Ill. Dec. 660

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leonard LOGAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

June 27, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Exoneration Project at the University of Chicago Law School, Chicago ( Jon Loevy , Russell Ainsworth , Gayle Horn , Tara Thompson , Elizabeth Wang , Nicholas Soltman , of counsel), for appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney ( Alan J. Spellberg , Miles J. Keleher , Brian K. Hodes , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), Abraham D. Zisook , law student, for People.


OPINION

Justice ROCHFORD delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 A jury convicted defendant, Leonard Logan, of first-degree murder and the circuit court imposed a 45-year sentence. Defendant now appeals the order of the circuit court denying his petition for postconviction relief following an evidentiary hearing. Defendant contends: (1) his appellate and trial counsels committed ineffective assistance; and (2) the circuit court erred...

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