PEOPLE v. LEACH

No. 111534.

980 N.E.2d 570 (2012)

2012 IL 111534

366 Ill. Dec. 477

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Curtis LEACH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 29, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Allan D. Goldberg , Deputy Defender, and Maya Szilak and Carolyn R. Klarquist , Asst. Appellate Defenders, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, IL, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan , Atty. Gen., Springfield, IL, and Anita Alvarez , State's Atty., Alan J. Spelberg , Ashley A. Romito , Jeanette Collins , Yvette Loizon and Amy Watroba Kern , Asst. State's Attys., Chicago, IL, for the People.


OPINION

Justice GARMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Defendant Curtis Leach was convicted after a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County of the first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(2) (West 2002)) of his wife, Latyonia Cook-Leach, and sentenced to 28 years' imprisonment. His conviction and sentence were affirmed on appeal. People v. Leach, 391 Ill.App.3d 161 (2009...

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