PEOPLE v. TURNER

No. 1-00-3452.

785 N.E.2d 879 (2003)

337 Ill. App.3d 80

271 Ill.Dec. 685

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James TURNER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

January 24, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of the State Appellate Defender (Michael Pelletier, of counsel), and Joshua Sachs (Joshua Sachs, of counsel), Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Assistant State's Attorneys Renee Goldfarb, Michele Grimaldi Stein and John B. Henning, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice QUINN delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1984, following a jury trial, defendant, James Turner, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 40 years in prison. On May 2, 1986, defendant's conviction and sentence were affirmed by this court on direct appeal. People v. Turner, 143 Ill.App.3d 417, 97 Ill.Dec. 556, 493 N.E.2d 38 (1986).

On June 1, 1995, defendant filed...

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