Legal Opinion
The PEOPLE v. Slaughter
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided March 28, 1968No. 39424, 40071, and 40688 consPublishedCited by 158 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Schaefer
The basic issue that permeates these consolidated cases concerns the quality of representation required of counsel appointed to represent an indigent prisoner in proceedings under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, chap. 38, pars. 122—1 through 122—7.
After a trial before a judge of the circuit court of Cook County, the defendant, Daniel Slaughter, was found guilty of the murder of his wife, and on November 24, 1961, he was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of fourteen years. On writ of error the judgment of conviction was affirmed. (People v. Slaughter, 29 Ill.2d 384.)…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Marino v. RagenSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- The People v. SprinkleIllinois Supreme Court · 1963
- The PEOPLE v. HambyIllinois Supreme Court · 1965
- The PEOPLE v. PolanskyIllinois Supreme Court · 1968
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3Cited by158 opinions
- People v. FloresIllinois Supreme Court · 1992
- People v. WhiteheadIllinois Supreme Court · 1996
- People v. JohnsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1993
- People v. SuarezIllinois Supreme Court · 2007
- People v. OwensIllinois Supreme Court · 1990
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