Opinion ID: 2094772
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 11

Heading: Defendant's Identification of Burge as the Red-Haired Officer

Text: As to the claims involving Dosch, defendant does not explain how Dosch's identification of Burge as the red-haired officer would have affected either the trial court's ruling on the motion or this court's decision on appeal. Notably, on direct appeal, this court held that, although the red-haired officer was a material witness, it was within the trial court's discretion not to require that the officer be called. Patterson, 154 Ill.2d at 450, 182 Ill.Dec. 592, 610 N.E.2d 16. Defendant has failed to explain why a reasonable probability exists that, had either this court or the trial court known the identity of the red-haired officer, either court would have ruled differently. Accordingly, this claim must fail.