PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 65249.

588 N.E.2d 983 (1991)

147 Ill.2d 173

167 Ill.Dec. 853

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Dennis WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied March 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Glick and Martha J. Burns, Chicago, and Scott R. Shepherd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Atty. Gen., Springfield, and Cecil A. Partee, State's Atty., Chicago (Terence M. Madsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb, Asst. State's Atty., and Maureen A. Harton, Special Asst. State's Atty., of counsel), for the people.


Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Dennis Williams, was convicted of murder, aggravated kidnapping, and rape. Defendant was sentenced to death for the murders and to concurrent extended terms of 60 years for each of the remaining offenses. We affirmed over defendant's contention, inter alia, that he had been denied the effective assistance of counsel. During the pendency...

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