PEOPLE v. LEWIS

No. 1-86-1955.

609 N.E.2d 673 (1992)

240 Ill. App.3d 463

182 Ill.Dec. 139

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ervin LEWIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

October 23, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender Karen Daniel, for defendant-appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., Chicago (Renee Goldfarb and David Stabrawa, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Presiding Justice McNULTY delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Ervin Lewis was found guilty of two counts of murder and sentenced to natural life imprisonment. Defendant appeals, contending that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that he was improperly sentenced on four counts of murder where there were only two deaths.

Clara Dodds, defendant's sister, testified that in 1985 she lived in a third-floor apartment...

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