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People v. Elliott

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided November 4, 1998No. 4-97-0802PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRESIDING JUSTICE GARMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following á bench trial in the circuit court of Morgan County, défendant Derick Elliott was found guilty of two counts of armed robbery (720 ILCS 5/18 — 2(a) (West 1996)) and two counts of robbery (720 ILCS 5/18 — 1 (West 1996)), He was sentenced on the armed robbery counts to concurrent terms of 13 years in prison. He now appeals, arguing (1) pepper spray is not a dangerous weapon as a matter of law, (2) defense counsel provided ineffective assistance of counsel by advising defendant to waive a jury trial, (3) the trial court erred…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. People v. CollinsIllinois Supreme Court · 1985
  4. People v. KingIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
  5. People v. ReedIllinois Supreme Court · 1997

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. People v. NorrisMichigan Court of Appeals · 1999
  2. State v. OvechkaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
  3. People v. BatrezAppellate Court of Illinois · 2002
  4. People v. BlakeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2004
  5. People v. HobsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 2008

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