PEOPLE v. HILL

No. 1-10-2028.

977 N.E.2d 166 (2012)

364 Ill. Dec. 677

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Demetrius HILL, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

Modified on Denial of Rehearing August 24, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , Allan D. Goldberg and Deepa Punjabi , Deputy Public Defenders, Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Atty., Alan J. Spellberg , John Walters and Charles J. Prochaska , Asst. State's Atty., for the People.


OPINION

Presiding Justice EPSTEIN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Following a bench trial, defendant Demetrius Hill was convicted of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and was sentenced to four years in prison. On appeal, defendant raises three issues: (1) whether he was denied his sixth amendment right to effective assistance of counsel based on his trial counsel's failure to move to suppress his postarrest statement that a...

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