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PEOPLE v. EMERSON

No. 71955.

606 N.E.2d 1123 (1992)

153 Ill.2d 100

180 Ill.Dec. 46

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 19, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Prentice H. Marshall, Jr., Barbara M. DeCoster and Linton J. Childs, Sidley &

Austin, Chicago (Andrew R. Klein, of Birmingham, Alabama, of counsel), for appellant.

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield, and Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., Chicago (Terence M. Madsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb and Margaret M. Regan, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for the People.

Justice THOMAS J. MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Dennis Emerson, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County, dismissing, without an evidentiary hearing, his petition for post-conviction relief. Because the defendant was sentenced to death, the present appeal lies directly to this court. (134 Ill.2d R. 651(a).) We affirm the judgment of the circuit court.

The defendant's convictions stem from his participation in the...

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