Supreme Court of Illinois

Issues raised in defendant's appeal from a death sentence were rendered moot by the governor's commutation of defendant's sentence to natural life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. (Modified opinion)

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/04/2002
• Published 04/11/2003

Judges

• Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, Allen H. Andrews, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellant., James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (William L. Browers, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, Renee Goldfarb, William L. Toffenetti, Julie Line Bailey and Christine Cook, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.