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PEOPLE v. THOMAS

No. 1-05-2778.

881 N.E.2d 541 (2007)

377 Ill. App.3d 950

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerome THOMAS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

December 19, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago (Aliza R. Kaliski, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, County of Cook, Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Alan J. Spellberg and Jon Walters, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Appellee.

Justice CUNNINGHAM delivered the opinion of the court:

In a bench trial, the defendant Jerome Thomas was convicted of two counts of first degree murder and one count of home invasion, receiving a sentence of natural life imprisonment, concurrent with a 30-year prison term. On appeal the defendant does not contest the sufficiency of the evidence of his guilt. He seeks a new trial on the following grounds: (1) his trial counsel was ineffective for eliciting the defendant...

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