PEOPLE v. ADAMS

No. 5-87-0539.

195 Ill. App.3d 870 (1990)

553 N.E.2d 3

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

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed February 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan and Edwin J. Anderson, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

William R. Haine, State's Attorney, of Edwardsville (Kenneth R. Boyle, Stephen E. Norris, and Gerry R. Arnold, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE HOWERTON delivered the opinion of the court:

Convicted murderer, Larry Joe Adams, appeals the denial of his post-trial motion by the circuit court of Madison County, and requests a new sentencing hearing with new counsel; alternatively, he says that his natural life sentence is excessive and should be vacated. We affirm.

Defendant, represented by Tyler Bateman of the public defender's office, was sentenced to death by a jury...

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