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PEOPLE v. PATTERSON

No. 82711.

735 N.E.2d 616 (2000)

192 Ill.2d 93

249 Ill.Dec. 12

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Aaron PATTERSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

August 10, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Flint Taylor, Jr., Timothy R. Lohraff and Joey L. Mogul, of the People's Law Office, of Chicago, and Abigail S. Clough, law student, for appellant.

James E. 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 Carol L. Gaines, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Justice RATHJE delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Aaron Patterson, appeals from the trial court's dismissal of his post-conviction petition. Because defendant was sentenced to death for the underlying murder conviction, he appeals directly to this court. See 134 Ill.2d R. 651(a).

BACKGROUND

Procedural Background

A jury in the circuit court of Cook County convicted defendant of the murders of Vincent and Rafaela Sanchez. Subsequently...

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