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People v. Davis

Citations

  • 452 N.E.2d 525
  • 97 Ill. 2d 1
  • 72 Ill. Dec. 272
  • 1983 Ill. LEXIS 408

How courts have described this case

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  • “[I]f the jury knows that the [defendant] is already under a sentence of death it would tend to relieve them of their separate responsibility to make that determination.”
  • \[I]f the jury knows that the [defendant] is already under a sentence of death it would tend to relieve them of their separate responsibility to make that determination.\
  • no error if judge states on record that he would not consider portion of statement as evidence against defendant
  • no actual conflict where defense counsel had personal relationship with the murder victim

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Judges: Moran, Simon

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