PEOPLE v. HAMPTON

No. 1-91-1616.

618 N.E.2d 923 (1993)

249 Ill. App.3d 329

188 Ill.Dec. 353

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Earl HAMPTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

June 30, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Richard E. Gade, Asst. Public Defender, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty. of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Christine Cook, Thomas J. Darman, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice GIANNIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant was found guilty of murder and sentenced to a term of 24 years. On appeal, defendant contends that (1) he was deprived of the right to a fair trial by the trial court's exclusion of evidence that another person had confessed to shooting the victim, and (2) he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel where his attorney failed...

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