People State Illinois v. Anthony Porter

The Honorable Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court: A Cook County jury convicted defendant of several crimes committed in Chicago's Washington Park on August 15, 1982, including the killing of Jerry Hillard and Marilyn Green. For the murders, the trial judge sentenced defendant to death. A majority of this court affirmed the convictions and sentence on direct appeal. ( People v. Porter (1986), 111 Ill. 2d 386, 95 Ill. Dec. 465, 489 N.E.2d 1329.) The United States Supreme Court declined further review. Porter v. Illinois (1986), 479 U.S. 898, 93 L. Ed. 2d 272, 107 S. Ct. 298.