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PEOPLE v. SMITH

No. 81491.

708 N.E.2d 365 (1999)

185 Ill.2d 532

236 Ill.Dec. 779

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Steven SMITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied March 29, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cook County Public Defender, Ronald P. Alwin, Assistant Public Defender, Chicago, for Steven Smith.

William Toffenetti, Assistant State's Attorney, Jim Ryan, Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Div., Chicago, for the People.

Justice HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1986, following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Steven Smith, was convicted of the murder of Virdeen Willis, Jr., and was thereafter sentenced to death. On direct appeal to this court, we reversed defendant's conviction based upon certain evidentiary errors, and remanded to the circuit court for a new trial. People v. Smith, 141 Ill.2d 40

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