Illinois Supreme Court· 3/19/1992

People v. Maxwell

Citations

592 N.E.2d 960
148 Ill. 2d 116
170 Ill. Dec. 280
1992 Ill. LEXIS 41

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adapting Strickland test to claim of ineffective assistance involving waiver of jury for purposes of capital sentencing hearing
adapting Strickland test to claim of ineffective assistance involving waiver of jury for purposes of capital sentencing hearing
stating that the method of the murder need not be specified in the indictment, and that no reversible error occurred where the defendant was charged under two methods and the evidence supported the court’s decision to submit an instruction on a third method
stating that the method of the murder need not be specified in the indictment, and that no reversible error occurred where the defendant was charged under two methods and the evidence supported the court’s decision to submit an instruction on a third method
stating that the method of the murder need not be specified in the indictment, and that no reversible error occurred where the defendant was charged under two methods and the evidence supported the court’s decision to submit an instruction on a third method
“Illinois law recognizes only a single offense of murder, which may be committed in a variety of ways.”

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