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PEOPLE v. HENDERSON

No. 75948.

662 N.E.2d 1287 (1996)

171 Ill.2d 124

215 Ill.Dec. 147

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Demetrius HENDERSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied April 1, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan M. Freedman, Bruce Bornstein and Carol R. Heise of Freedman & Bornstein, Chicago, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney, Chicago (Arleen C. Anderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Renee Goldfarb and Judy L. DeAngelis, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), Chicago, for appellee.

Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Demetrius Henderson, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing, without an evidentiary hearing, his petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 122-1 et seq.). Because he was sentenced to death, defendant's appeal lies directly to this court. (134 Ill.2d R. 651.) For the reasons which follow, we affirm the judgment of...

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