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People v. Tucker

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided November 3, 2000No. 5-97-1073PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH

delivered the opinion of the court:

Rinando Tucker (defendant) was charged with two counts of first-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9 — 1(a)(1) (West 1996)) in connection with the shooting deaths of Martin (Marty) and Judith (Judy) Dotson. After a jury trial, defendant was found guilty on both counts. Defendant was sentenced to natural life in prison. On appeal, defendant argues: (1) he was denied the effective assistance of counsel because his trial attorney (a) failed to object to the State’s presentation of two firearms that were not related to the instant case and…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. People v. AlbaneseIllinois Supreme Court · 1984
  3. People v. CarlsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1980
  4. People v. BlueIllinois Supreme Court · 2000
  5. People v. LewisIllinois Supreme Court · 1995

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Kaufman v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2009
  2. People v. BradleyAppellate Court of Illinois · 2002
  3. People v. KucharskiAppellate Court of Illinois · 2004
  4. People v. BradleyAppellate Court of Illinois · 2002
  5. People v. KucharskiAppellate Court of Illinois · 2004

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