People v. Lewis

PRESIDING JUSTICE McNULTY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Ervin Lewis was found guilty of two counts of murder and sentenced to natural life imprisonment. Defendant appeals, contending that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that he was improperly sentenced on four counts of murder where there were only two deaths.

Clara Dodds, defendant’s sister, testified that in 1985 she lived in a third-floor apartment at 6945 North Ashland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Venus Handley lived in a second-floor apartment in the same building. Clara testified that…