Legal Opinion

People v. Caffey

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 18, 2001No. 86975PublishedCited by 264 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Freeman

On November 16, 1995, Debra Evans was fatally shot and stabbed in the Addison apartment where she lived with James Edwards and her children, Samantha, Joshua, and Jordan. Debra was nine months pregnant. The baby she was carrying, Elijah, was cut from her womb. Samantha was killed in the apartment with her mother. Joshua and Elijah were taken from the apartment. Jordan was left alone in the apartment with his dead mother and sister. The next day, police found Joshua’s dead body in an alley in Maywood. Police arrested defendant, Fedell Caffey, that night. In connection with the murders and…

2Cases cited110 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. People v. EnochIllinois Supreme Court · 1988
  5. People v. ColemanIllinois Supreme Court · 1998

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3Cited by264 opinions

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