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PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

No. 60957.

111 Ill.2d 18 (1986)

488 N.E.2d 973

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. HAZEL WRIGHT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 23, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Mark L. Rotert, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Michael E. Shabat, Joan S. Cherry and Maureen A. Harton, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Aaron L. Meyers, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Hazel Wright, was found guilty in the circuit court of Cook County on two counts of murder and one count of armed violence (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, pars. 9-1(a), 33A-2), and sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment. She appealed to the appellate court, arguing that she had been denied the effective assistance of counsel, and, while...

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