Legal Opinion
People v. Hawkins
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided January 29, 1998No. 82112PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McMORROW
The State of Illinois initiated this direct appeal from an order entered in the circuit court of Cook County, which vacated defendants’ convictions for murder, vacated their death sentences and ordered a new trial. 134 Ill. 2d R. 651. Pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (725 ILCS 5/122 — 1 et seq. (West 1992)), Judge Deborah Mary Dooling ruled that defendants failed to receive a fair trial because the judge in the underlying criminal trial accepted a bribe to acquit defendants of murder charges alleged against them.
This court previously affirmed defendants’ convictions and death…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Tumey v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- In Re Murchison.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Vasquez v. HillerySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Bracy v. GramleySupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Ward v. Village of MonroevilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by47 opinions
- People v. PitsonbargerIllinois Supreme Court · 2002
- People v. SimmsIllinois Supreme Court · 2000
- People v. WrightIllinois Supreme Court · 1999
- People v. WardAppellate Court of Illinois · 2007
- People v. FairIllinois Supreme Court · 2000
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