PEOPLE v. COADY

No. 74331.

622 N.E.2d 798 (1993)

156 Ill.2d 531

190 Ill.Dec. 768

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. John E. COADY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

October 21, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender and Michelle A. Zalisko, Asst. Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mount Vernon, for appellant.

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield (Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Sol. Gen., and Terence M. Madsen, State's Atty. Appellate Prosecutor, Edwardsville, and Penelope Gainer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Chief Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, John E. Coady, brought the present action in the circuit court of Madison County seeking post-conviction relief. The defendant had previously pleaded guilty to charges of felony murder, armed robbery, and home invasion. In the post-conviction petition, the defendant requested vacatur of the armed robbery conviction, contending that it was an included offense of felony murder. The circuit court...

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