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PEOPLE v. LIGON

No. 1-07-1991.

910 N.E.2d 1252 (2009)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dennis LIGON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

June 24, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney, Cook County, Chicago (Assistant State's Attorney's, James E. Fitzgerald, Mary P. Needham and Owen D. Kalt, of counsel), for Appellee.

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Chicago (Deputy Defender Patricia Unsinn and Assistant Appellate Defender Patrick F. Cassidy, of counsel), for Appellant.

Justice QUINN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant, Dennis Ligon, was found guilty of aggravated vehicular hijacking (720 ILCS 5/18-4(a)(3) (West 2004)) and sentenced to natural life in prison as an habitual offender. On direct appeal, this court affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence but declined to rule on two of his claims regarding ineffectiveness of his trial counsel, finding that those issues could be more appropriately...

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