1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Ill.
  4. 169 Ill.
  5. 169 Ill. App.3d 798 (1988)
 

PEOPLE v. BAPTIST

No. 3-86-0660.

169 Ill. App.3d 798 (1988)

523 N.E.2d 1145

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EDWARD CARL BAPTIST, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed May 5, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Joyce Randolph, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mount Vernon, for appellant.

William Herzog, State's Attorney, of Kankakee (Gerald P. Ursini, of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

PRESIDING JUSTICE BARRY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Edward Carl Baptist was convicted of murder in 1982 following a jury trial in the circuit court of Kankakee County and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The conviction and sentence were affirmed upon direct appeal to this court. On June 3, 1986, defendant filed a pro se post-conviction petition which was dismissed by the trial court on September 18, 1986,...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases