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PEOPLE v. TUCKER

No. 3-88-0111.

178 Ill. App.3d 838 (1989)

533 N.E.2d 1148

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROBERT TUCKER, Defendant (The Department of Corrections, Defendant-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed January 24, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Robert Ruiz, Solicitor General, and Michele I. Lavin and Terence M. Madsen, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellant.

Edward F. Masters, State's Attorney, of Joliet (Terry A. Mertel, of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE WOMBACHER delivered the opinion of the court:

The Department of Corrections (the Department) appeals from a trial court order directing it to pay the fees of an attorney appointed to represent the defendant, Robert Tucker, in his post-conviction petition. The defendant's petition arose out of his conviction for murdering a fellow inmate while incarcerated in the Department's Stateville Correctional Center. After the trial court dismissed...

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