Legal Opinion
People v. Anderson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 5, 2010No. 1-07-1245PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE MURPHY
delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a bench trial, defendant George Anderson was found guilty of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder. Defendant was subsequently sentenced to a term of life imprisonment for first-degree murder and consecutive terms of 25 years’ imprisonment for the two attempted first-degree-murder convictions. Defendant appealed the trial court’s order denying leave to file his fourth successive postconviction petition, asserting that the recent holding in People v. Ortiz, 235 Ill. 2d 319 (2009), relieves a…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- People v. ColemanIllinois Supreme Court · 1998
- People v. HodgesIllinois Supreme Court · 2009
- People v. PitsonbargerIllinois Supreme Court · 2002
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3Cited by22 opinions
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