PEOPLE v. DENSON

No. 2-91-0125.

619 N.E.2d 878 (1993)

250 Ill. App.3d 269

189 Ill.Dec. 177

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David DENSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

September 7, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, Thomas A. Lilien, Asst. Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, Kathleen T. Zellner, Kathleen T. Zellner and Associates, Naperville, Theodore Gottfried, State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for David Denson.

Michael J. Waller, Lake County State's Atty., Waukegan, William L. Browers, Deputy Director, Cynthia N. Schneider, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutors, Elgin, for the People.


Justice QUETSCH delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, David Denson, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Lake County denying his petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 1992)). The issues presented for review are: (1) whether decisions invalidating certain pattern jury instructions given at defendant's trial may be applied retroactively in post-conviction proceedings, and (2) whether defendant was denied...

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