Appellate Court of Illinois January 8, 2003, 4 — 01 — 0536 (People v. Little)

JUSTICE STEIGMANN

delivered the opinion of the court:

In January 2001, defendant, Angela M. Little, pro se filed a petition for postconviction relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122 — 1 through 122 — 8 (West 2000)), alleging, inter alia, that (1) her trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to conduct a survey concerning the effect of pretrial publicity