Legal Opinion
People v. Pitchford
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided June 1, 2010No. 1-07-2697PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE CUNNINGHAM
delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a 2007 jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendant, Anthony Pitchford, was convicted of the first degree murders of his girlfriend, Cathy Bradley (Bradley), and her father, Henry Woods (Woods). The defendant received a sentence of natural life in prison. On appeal, the defendant makes the following contentions: (1) he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) alternatively, he is entitled to a new trial because the prosecutor made personal comments directed at defense counsel and made…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- People v. EnochIllinois Supreme Court · 1988
- Melendez-Diaz v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
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3Cited by4 opinions
- People v. DobbeyAppellate Court of Illinois · 2011
- Glenn Antoine Harrison, Jr., a/k/a Glenn Harrison, Jr. v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2010
- People v. DobbeyAppellate Court of Illinois · 2011
- Pitchford v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 2011