PEOPLE v. SANCHEZ

No. 76616.

662 N.E.2d 1199 (1996)

169 Ill.2d 472

215 Ill.Dec. 59

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Hector Reuben SANCHEZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied April 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jed Stone, Law Offices of Jed Stone, Ltd., Chicago, Debra A. Harvey, Asst. Corporation Counsel, Chicago, for Sanchez, Hector Reuben.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield (Barbara A. Preiner, Solicitor General, and Arleen C. Anderson and Michael A. Hurst, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Hector Reuben Sanchez, brings this appeal from an order of the circuit court of Lake County dismissing, without an evidentiary hearing, his petition for post-conviction relief. Because the defendant was sentenced to death for the underlying murder conviction, the present appeal lies directly to this court. 134 Ill.2d R. 651(a).

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Lake County, the...

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