People v. Johnson

Decided December 19, 2002

Illinois Supreme Court · decided 2002-12-19

Relies on 179 Ill. 2d 205 - People v. Caballero · 204 Ill. 2d 536 - People v. Simpson · 204 Ill. 2d 585 - People v. Hickey

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Decided 2002-12-19

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Cited by 115 later decisions — most recently January 2026 · most notably 236 Ill. 2d 345 - People v. Morris (2010), 235 Ill. 2d 319 - People v. Ortiz (2009)

3 federal appellate · 110 state decisions

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JUSTICE KILBRIDE,

¶1dissenting:

¶2For the reasons set forth in my dissents in People v. Hickey, 204 Ill. 2d 585, 636-40 (2001) (Kilbride, J., dissenting), and People v. Simpson, 204 Ill. 2d 536, 581-85 (2001) (Kilbride, J., dissenting), I believe that defendant’s convictions and sentence should be set aside because the trial proceedings were not conducted in accordance with the new supreme court rules governing capital cases. As I stated in my dissents, the procedures in capital cases prior to this court’s adoption of the new rules were inherently unreliable and did not sufficiently protect a defendant’s constitutional rights. For this reason, the new rules should be applied retroactively. See People v. Caballero, 179 Ill. 2d 205, 220-21 (1997). Therefore, I respectfully dissent.