Arguments of law and common reasoning of errors in 1,700 page transcript and police reports conflicting with complainant testimony are outlined below. Constitutional errors and issues not addressed by an inexperienced and ineffective counsel that left embellishment, coercement, story tales, and judicial corruptness over-shadow a fair trial is not new to an already FBI investigation of court procedures utilized in Will County. Blinded by fair justice is not surprising the complainant filed the State.

• Counsel failed to interview witness even after verification of known residence and work location.
• Failed to question police for not taking DNA on defendant, residence, and car. And failing to re-new statement raised in transcript by defendant on DNA. Despite 4 DNA tests coming back negative on clothing entered into transcript, counsel failed to raise the negative DNA to police and complainant as impeachment and filing false police report.
• Failed to contact employer for verification of time cards and work in different state.
• Failed to follow-up on defendant request on ineffective counsel a third time. Counselor stated will be heard. Never was and judge denied such.
• Counsel lost doctor report at sentencing, lost list of mitigating issues, and lost sentencing speech he held for defendant. Judge asked counsel when he said he needed extension, he had 3 months before sentencing and inquired why he wasn't ready.
• Court order to have defendant examined by medical before trial not carried out.
• Judge, and counsel told defendant not to speak on issue of improper charging offense.
• Counsel did not impeach complainant trial testimony when in recorded affidavit, complainant said, 'I don't know', 'I can't remember', and 'I'm not sure' to where & when in location and time offense took place. Judge even said a year and 10 months is not a good time-line for defendant defense. At trial complainant only knocked a few months off time-line!!
• No public trial, no spectators in court room.
• Defendant not coherent at trial due to dizziness, low equilibrium and 60 lb. weight loss. Doctor said defendant has unique situation in letter mentioned by counsel, yet letter lost by counsel.
• Judge made bias remarks off record, and threat of stiff sentence. Counsel said defendant would die in prison due to age, doctor said defendant could die to mal-nutrition and severe weight loss. Defendant felt scared and took stand which proved a grave mistake.
• Trial set passed 120 speedy trial term. Hearing on speedy term was lost, but claimed judge's ruling will foil on appeal.
• Police charged second offense never raised in initial complaint. Counsel said they do this when a hearing may drop first charges to put hold on defendant. That charge is where complainant said, 'I don't know, I can't remember, and I'm not sure'.
• After trail, as is procedure, one juror met with counsel and said defendant would not have been found guilty if not taken stand. This verifies jurors seeing through the lies of complainant.
• Witnesses to character of defendant on complainant's family side testified of good character of defendant, nothing negative.

Basic arguments cannot all be listed here. The corrupt system is further verified when a private attorney told possible client he could not represent him in Will County because he would not get a fair trial. While another attorney told client she knows he is not guilty and state knows he is not guilty, but he is still going to have to serve some county time. The young inmate was near tears and speechless as he relied on a helpless & ineffective public defender.

May I have your moral support. Please write directly,
-Don

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Don Collins
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Dixon Correctional Center
2600 N Brinton Ave
Dixon, IL 61021

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