Legal Opinion

People v. Shipp

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided September 5, 2007No. 4-06-0288PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRESIDING JUSTICE STEIGMANN

delivered the opinion of the court:

In December 1995, defendant, Jamie L. Shipp, pleaded guilty to first degree murder and three counts of aggravated arson (720 ILCS 5/9 — 1(a)(1), 20 — 1.1 (West 1994)). The trial court later sentenced him to 50 years in prison on the first degree murder conviction and 25 years in prison on each of the aggravated arson convictions, with those sentences to be served concurrently.

In December 2005, defendant pro se filed a petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (725 ILCS 5/122 — 1 through 122 — 8 (West 2004)). In March 2006, the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. People v. GaultneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1996
  2. People v. JonesIllinois Supreme Court · 2004
  3. People v. ShellstromIllinois Supreme Court · 2005
  4. People v. PearsonIllinois Supreme Court · 2005
  5. People v. DeBerryAppellate Court of Illinois · 2007

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. People v. SmithAppellate Court of Illinois · 2008
  2. People v. SimmonsAppellate Court of Illinois · 2009
  3. People v. SpiveyAppellate Court of Illinois · 2007
  4. People v. SpiveyAppellate Court of Illinois · 2007
  5. People v. ShippAppellate Court of Illinois · 2007

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