PEOPLE v. BURT

No. 86898.

792 N.E.2d 1250 (2001)

205 Ill.2d 28

275 Ill.Dec. 477

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Ronald BURT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied December 3, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua Sachs and Raymond D. Pijon, Chicago, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Michael Bald, State's Attorney, Freeport (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, and William L. Browers, Michael M. Glick and Mary Beth Burns, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Ronald Burt, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Stephenson County dismissing his amended petition for post-conviction relief without an evidentiary hearing. Because defendant was sentenced to death for the underlying murder convictions, the present appeal lies directly to this court. 134 Ill.2d R. 651(a).

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