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PEOPLE v. STEWART

No. 62086.

123 Ill.2d 368 (1988)

528 N.E.2d 631

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. WALTER STEWART, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied October 3, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, and Charles Hoffman, Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., and Kevin Sweeney, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Walter Stewart, brings this appeal from a dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief without an evidentiary hearing in the circuit court of Cook County. At his original trial, the defendant entered pleas of guilty to charges of murder, attempted murder and armed robbery. After the pleas were accepted and judgments were entered, the prosecution sought the death penalty...

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