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PEOPLE v. LAMERSON

No. 1-87-0668.

190 Ill. App.3d 52 (1989)

545 N.E.2d 1025

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LARRY LAMERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed October 18, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Carlson, of State Appellate Defender's Office, and Coffient, Ungaretti, Harris & Slavin, both of Chicago (J. Timothy Eaton, Daniel P. Albers, and Robert A. Chapman, of counsel), for appellant.

Cecil A. Partee, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Inge Fryklund, Marie Quinlivan Czech, and Linda Halpern, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE CERDA delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Larry Lamerson, was tried by a jury and convicted of murder for which he was sentenced to an extended term of 60 years' imprisonment. Defendant argues on appeal that: (1) his trial counsel was ineffective for not raising an insanity defense due to her misapprehension of the law that the defense could not be raised because defendant had not admitted the crime; (2) the trial court...

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