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PEOPLE v. FAIR

No. 84731.

738 N.E.2d 500 (2000)

193 Ill.2d 256

250 Ill.Dec. 284

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Robert L. FAIR, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

September 28, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick F. Cohn, of Chicago, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, of Chicago (William L. Browers, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb, Linda D. Woloshin and James E. Fitzgerald, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Justice HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

The petitioner, Robert Fair, appeals from a Cook County circuit court order dismissing his post-conviction petition without an evidentiary hearing. Because petitioner was sentenced to death, this court has jurisdiction over the instant appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 651(a) (134 Ill.2d R. 651(a)). For the following reasons, we now affirm in part and reverse in part.

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