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PEOPLE v. ELLIS

Nos. 1-96-0804, 1-99-0105.

735 N.E.2d 736 (2000)

315 Ill. App.3d 1108

249 Ill.Dec. 132

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bernard ELLIS, Defendant-Appellant. Bernard Ellis, Petitioner-Appellant, v. The People of the State of Illinois, Respondent-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

August 25, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jenner & Block, Chicago (Robert L. Denby, Samuel S. Miller, Marc A. Van Allen and John T. Ruskusky, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, James E. Fitzgerald and Judy L. DeAngelis, of counsel), for Appellee.

Justice HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury convicted defendant Bernard Ellis of the first-degree murder of Gerard Hardy. He was given a 55-year prison sentence. His subsequently filed post-conviction petition, after a hearing, was denied. Defendant's motion to consolidate his direct appeal and his appeal from the denial of the post-conviction petition was allowed. Defendant appeals his conviction and sentence, the denial of his motions for a new trial...

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