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PEOPLE v. RICHARDSON

No. 88670.

751 N.E.2d 1104 (2001)

196 Ill.2d 225

256 Ill.Dec. 267

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Harold RICHARDSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

April 19, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, and Ann C. McCallister, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellant, and Harold Richardson, Joliet, appellant pro se.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (William L. Browers, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb, Kenneth T. McCurry and Ann L. Benedek, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Chief Justice HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Harold Richardson, was convicted of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1) (West 1994)) and aggravated criminal sexual assault (720 ILCS 5/12-14(a)(2) (West 1994)) following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, and sentenced to consecutive prison terms of 34 and 6 years respectively. On direct appeal, defendant sought a new sentencing hearing, arguing that the trial court improperly...

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