PEOPLE v. SALERNO

No. 76-161.

370 N.E.2d 137 (1977)

54 Ill. App.3d 806

12 Ill.Dec. 514

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sam SALERNO, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

November 21, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Staben, Waukegan, for defendant-appellant.

Jack Hoogasian, State's Atty., Waukegan, Phyllis J. Perko, Martin P. Moltz, Ill. State's Attys. Assn., Elgin, for plaintiff-appellee.


BOYLE, Justice:

The defendant-appellant, Sam Salerno, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, appeals from an order of the Lake County Circuit Court denying his petition for post-conviction relief. The defendant had entered a plea of guilty to a charge of murder. On appeal the defendant makes two contentions. First, he asserts that the trial court did not properly admonish him as to the possibility of the death penalty being imposed, thereby precluding him from...

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