Legal Opinion
People v. Stewart
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided October 17, 1978No. 77-13PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Downing
Thomas Stewart, defendant, was found guilty of armed robbery on November 29, 1971, after a jury trial in the criminal court of Cook County. He was sentenced to a term of two to eight years. On direct appeal we affirmed this conviction and sentence (People v. Stewart (1st Dist. 1974), 24 Ill. App. 3d 605, 321 N.E.2d 450.) Leave to appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court was denied. People v. Stewart (1975), 58 Ill. 2d 595.
Defendant then filed a post-conviction petition which was later amended. After an evidentiary hearing before the same trial court judge, the amended petition was denied. It is…
2Cases cited52 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- People v. PickettIllinois Supreme Court · 1973
- The People v. StovalIllinois Supreme Court · 1968
- People v. KesterIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
- Robert Louis Porter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- People v. BlandAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
- In Re Estate of ReillyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979
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