Legal Opinion
People v. Peeples
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided June 15, 1989No. 4-88-0679PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lund
On August 30, 1988, the circuit court of Champaign County, pursuant to the State’s motion, dismissed the post-conviction petition of defendant Phillip Peeples. Defendant appeals. We affirm.
On September 16, 1980, defendant was convicted for committing the offense of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1). The crime involved the sexual assault and stabbing death of a teacher in the school library. At the sentencing hearing, the court found defendant qualified for an extended-term sentence since the crime was accompanied by “exceptionally brutal or heinous behavior indicative of…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Godfrey v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Maynard v. CartwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- People v. La PointeIllinois Supreme Court · 1982
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