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PEOPLE v. MURPHY

No. 1-92-1219.

618 N.E.2d 399 (1993)

248 Ill. App.3d 42

187 Ill.Dec. 808

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Peter MURPHY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

June 1, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chapman and Cutler, Chicago (Michael W. Ford, George F. Venci, Jr., and Michele L. Niermann, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

State's Atty. of Cook County, Chicago (Jack O'Malley, Renee Goldfarb and Donald T. Lyman, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Presiding Justice McCORMICK delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Peter Murphy, pleaded guilty to first degree murder and later moved to withdraw his plea. Following an evidentiary hearing, the trial court denied the motion because defendant failed to prove that he had received ineffective assistance of counsel or that he had defenses worthy of consideration. Defendant appeals.

We affirm because the trial...

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