PEOPLE v. LAPOINTE

No. 2-16-0432.

129 N.E.3d 24 (2018)

2018 IL App (2d) 160432

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Phillip E. LAPOINTE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing denied October 16, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Chadd and Thomas A. Lilien , of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, and Paul J. Glaser , of Enka, North Carolina, for appellant.

Robert B. Berlin , State's Attorney, of Wheaton ( Lisa Anne Hoffman , Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

¶ 1 In 1978, defendant, Phillip E. LaPointe, pleaded guilty to murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, ¶ 9-1(a)(1)) and was sentenced to life imprisonment. In 2016, having filed an unsuccessful direct appeal and numerous unsuccessful collateral actions...

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