PEOPLE v. SCOTT

No. 85409.

742 N.E.2d 287 (2000)

194 Ill.2d 268

252 Ill.Dec. 37

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Larry SCOTT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied January 29, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick F. Cohn, Chicago, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (William L. Browers, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, and Renee G. Goldfarb, Barbara L. Jones and Sally L. Dilgart, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Larry Scott, brings this appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County denying his petition for post-conviction relief. Because the defendant received the death sentence for the underlying murder conviction, the present appeal lies directly to this court. 134 Ill.2d R. 651(a). For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of the circuit court.

The defendant was charged with...

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