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Death penalty appeal added to March calendar

February 13, 2019

The Supreme Court today said that it’s adding a capital case to its March calendar.

On March 6, the court will hear argument in People v. Erskine, an automatic direct appeal from a September 2004 judgment of death. Counsel was appointed in June 2008 and briefing was completed in May 2017.

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