PEOPLE v. HOLMAN

No. 75198.

647 N.E.2d 960 (1995)

164 Ill.2d 356

207 Ill.Dec. 467

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Tafford HOLMAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied April 3, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Polito, Joliet, for appellant.

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield (Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Sol. Gen., and Terence M. Madsen and Steven J. Zick, Asst. Attys. Gen., of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal from the trial court's denial of the defendant's request for post-conviction relief, the defendant presents four arguments for our disposition. Initially, defendant claims that the attorney who represented him at his death penalty sentencing hearing was incompetent because he failed to present certain mitigation evidence in defendant's behalf. Second, defendant contends that his sentencing attorney...

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