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PEOPLE v. WATT

No. 1-89-0135.

613 N.E.2d 1160 (1993)

244 Ill. App.3d 103

184 Ill.Dec. 568

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Miriam D. WATT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied May 7, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Levy & Associates, Chicago (Robert S. Levy, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Jack O'Malley, Cook County State's Atty., Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, David Stabrawa, John Guinn, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Justice BUCKLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial, defendant Miriam Watt was convicted of murdering her granddaughter, Jasmine Ferguson, age two (Ill.Rev.Stat.1985, ch. 38, par. 9-1). Defendant subsequently received a sentence of natural life imprisonment. Defendant appeals her conviction and sentence, urging the following errors: (1) she was denied effective assistance of counsel; (2) she was not...

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