TITLE 2: GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
SUBTITLE B: COURTS AND THE JUDICIARY
CHAPTER IV: OFFICE OF THE STATE APPELLATE DEFENDER
PART 500 ORGANIZATION, RULEMAKING AND PUBLIC INFORMATION
SECTION 500.400 DEATH PENALTY LITIGATION
SUBTITLE B: COURTS AND THE JUDICIARY
CHAPTER IV: OFFICE OF THE STATE APPELLATE DEFENDER
PART 500 ORGANIZATION, RULEMAKING AND PUBLIC INFORMATION
SECTION 500.400 DEATH PENALTY LITIGATION
Section 500.400 Death Penalty Litigation
The Office of the State Appellate Defender has established three units for capital litigation:
a) The Capital Trial Assistance Unit provides assistance to attorneys appointed under the Capital Crimes Litigation Act [725 ILCS 124/50] (see 725 ILCS 105/10(c)(5)).
b) The Capital Post-Conviction Unit represents capital defendants in post-conviction and collateral proceedings under Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 [725 ILCS 5/Art. 122] (post conviction hearings).
c) The Supreme Court Unit represents capital defendants on appeal.