PEOPLE v. HAWKINS

No. 82112.

690 N.E.2d 999 (1998)

181 Ill.2d 41

228 Ill.Dec. 924

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Earl HAWKINS et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

January 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney Cook County, Crim. Appeals Div., Chicago, Jim Ryan, Attorney General, Crim. Appeals Div., Chicago, Peter D. Fischer, Asst. State's Attorney, Chicago, for the People.

Michael S. Schachter, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, for Earl Hawkins.

John Stainthorp, People's Law Office, Chicago, for Nathson Fields.


Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

The State of Illinois initiated this direct appeal from an order entered in the circuit court of Cook County, which vacated defendants' convictions for murder, vacated their death sentences and ordered a new trial. 134 Ill.2d R. 651. Pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 1992)), Judge Deborah Mary Dooling ruled that defendants failed to receive a fair trial because the...

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