PEOPLE v. SIMPSON

Nos. 85084, 86926.

792 N.E.2d 265 (2001)

204 Ill.2d 536

275 Ill.Dec. 34

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

September 27, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen E. Eberhardt, Tinley Park, 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 Goldfarb and James E. Fitzgerald, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Justice FITZGERALD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Robert Simpson, appeals the orders of the circuit court of Cook County, dismissing his amended post-conviction petition and his petition for post-judgment relief. Defendant was sentenced to death for his underlying murder conviction; therefore, his appeal lies directly with this court. See 134 Ill.2d R. 651(a). We affirm the circuit court's orders.

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