Legal Opinion
People v. Simpson
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided September 27, 2001No. 85084, 86926 consPublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fitzgerald
Defendant, Robert Simpson, appeals the orders of the circuit court of Cook County, dismissing his amended post-conviction petition and his petition for post-judgment relief. Defendant was sentenced to death for his underlying murder conviction; therefore, his appeal lies directly with this court. See 134 Ill. 2d R. 651(a). We affirm the circuit court’s orders.
BACKGROUND
Defendant’s convictions arose from the armed robbery and murder of Barbara Lindich at the Fairway Food store in Glenwood, Illinois. This court has previously set forth the evidence presented at defendant’s trial in our opinion…
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