Legal Opinion
People v. Emerson
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided February 17, 2000No. 84049Published
1Opinion of the Court 1
Docket No. 84049–Agenda 4–May 1999.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. DENNIS EMERSON, Appellant.
Opinion filed February 17, 2000.
2Opinion of the Court · McMORROWJustice McMORROW
In 1985, defendant was convicted of the murder and armed robbery of Delinda Byrd, as well as the attempted murder and armed robbery of Robert Ray. A jury found defendant eligible for the death penalty based on Byrd’s murder and found no mitigating factors sufficient to preclude the imposition of the death penalty. Pursuant to defendant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus , the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois…
Also in this document: Dissent.
3Cases cited101 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Caldwell v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- People v. EnochIllinois Supreme Court · 1988
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