PEOPLE v. CLOUTIER

No. 85894.

732 N.E.2d 519 (2000)

191 Ill.2d 392

247 Ill.Dec. 464

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Robert CLOUTIER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied July 3, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Ravitz and Eric S. Palles, of Ravitz & Palles, P.C., and Marshall Hartman, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, all of Chicago, for Appellant.

Jim Ryan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, of Chicago (William L. Browers, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb and Margaret J. Campos, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Justice HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, Robert Cloutier, appeals from a Cook County circuit court order dismissing his post-conviction petition without an evidentiary hearing. Because petitioner was sentenced to death, this court has jurisdiction over the instant appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 651(a) (134 Ill.2d R. 651(a)). For the reasons which follow, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

A jury in the circuit court of Cook County...

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