A state appellate court has upheld the conviction and 88-year prison sentence of a man found guilty of sexually assaulting a female employee at an Oak Brook hotel in 2019.
The Illinois Third District Appellate Court rejected Julius Ramsey’s claim that his attorney was ineffective for failing to explain to the jury why he chose not to testify after initially indicating he would.Ramsey, 41, was convicted in May 2021 after a jury found him guilty of three counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault with a firearm, one count of aggravated kidnapping with a firearm, and one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
However, the appellate court found his attorney "put forth a rigorous defense and appropriately addressed the absence of defendant’s testimony during his closing argument."The court further stated:"Counsel highlighted defendant’s constitutional right not to testify and emphasized the burden was on the State to prove the charged offenses" and "We fail to identify what more counsel could have said to remedy defendant’s own last-minute decision not to testify.
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