Appellate Court of Illinois· 3/22/1990

People v. Ferro

Citations

551 N.E.2d 1378
195 Ill. App. 3d 282
141 Ill. Dec. 850
1990 Ill. App. LEXIS 358

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“there is no authority granted in section 122 — 6 of the [Post-Conviction Hearing] Act to order a new appeal”
“[a] court’s instruction to a jury to continue deliberating should be simple, neutral, and not coercive”
“there is no authority granted in section 122–6 of -9- the [Post-Conviction Hearing] Act to order a new appeal”
brief deliberations following a trial court’s instructions to a deadlocked jury are relevant to the issue of verdict coercion and invite an inference of coercion

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