Brown v. Finnan

How courts have described this case

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• finding Douglas 's discussion of section 8-4(c) dicta and explaining that \[t]he main issue in Douglas concerned the retroactive application of People v. Sharpe
• finding Douglas 's discussion of section 8-4(c) dicta and explaining that \[t]he main issue in Douglas concerned the retroactive application of People v. Sharpe
• whether appellate counsel should have challenged the sufficiency of the evidence depends on whether that claim had a “reasonable probability” of “alter[ing] the outcome” of the direct appeal
• no hearing required after victim’s mother proclaimed from the gallery that “the situation is racist,” because the victim and the accused were of the same race and the statement was therefore ambiguous, and because there was no evidence the jury heard it

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