PEOPLE v. BIRDSALL

No. 77259.

670 N.E.2d 700 (1996)

172 Ill.2d 464

219 Ill.Dec. 22

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Erik Ward BIRDSALL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, and John J. Hanlon, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Marshall E. Douglas, State's Attorney, Rock Island (Barbara A. Preiner, Solicitor General, and Arleen C. Anderson and Steven J. Zick, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Erik Birdsall, was convicted of first degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated battery with a firearm, and armed robbery. The trial court sentenced defendant to death. On appeal, defendant contends that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that various trial errors denied him due process of law. Specifically, defendant claims that his counsel mistakenly believed that defendant would be...

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