Legal Opinion
People v. Evans
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided March 18, 2004No. 90072 RelPublished
1Opinion of the Court 1
Docket No. 90072–Agenda 4–March 2002.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ROBERT LEE EVANS, JR., Appellant.
Opinion filed March 18, 2004.
2Opinion of the Court · FitzgeraldJustice Fitzgerald
Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Macon County, defendant, Robert Lee Evans, Jr., was convicted of first degree murder. 720 ILCS 5/9–1 (West 2000). The same jury found defendant eligible for the death penalty and further determined that there were no mitigating factors sufficient to preclude the imposition of that sentence. Subsequently, the trial court sentenced defendant to death. Defendant’s sentence was stayed pending his direct…
3Cases cited47 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- People v. EnochIllinois Supreme Court · 1988
- Hoffa v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- People v. CollinsIllinois Supreme Court · 1985
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