PEOPLE v. MAXWELL

No. 77419.

670 N.E.2d 679 (1996)

173 Ill.2d 102

219 Ill.Dec. 1

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Andrew MAXWELL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David T. Rothal, Chicago, and David J. Keefe, Waukegan, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney, Chicago (Arleen C. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb and Carol L. Gaines, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Justice HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Andrew Maxwell, appeals (134 Ill.2d R. 651(a)) the judgment of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing without an evidentiary hearing his amended petition for post-conviction relief, brought pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 1992)). Following a jury trial the defendant was convicted of murder and attempted armed robbery committed on October 26,...

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