SPRINGFIELD, Ill., March 28 -- The Illinois Courts Office issued the following opinion on Feb. 28:
1. Held: We affirm the trial court's first-stage dismissal of defendant's postconviction petition alleging actual innocence based on his own affidavit, ineffective assistance of trial counsel for advising defendant to testify at trial, the trial court's failure to comply with Supreme Court Rule 431(b), and trial and appellate counsel's ineffective assistance for failing to raise the trial court's noncompliance with Rule 431(b).
2. Defendant Kenyon Jones appeals from the first-stage dismissal of his petition pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 2022)). Following a jury trial, defendant was found guilty o...