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Davenport man's lawyer given 90 days to adjust petition for post-conviction relief
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CAMBRIDGE -- Henry County CircuitJudge Ted Hamer has given defense attorney Ed Woller 90 days to amend, add or supplement a petition for post-conviction relief for Jim Richardson, a Davenport man convicted in the Aug. 2, 2002, beating death of Harold Collins, of Orion. Judge Hamer sentenced Mr. Richardson to 60 years in prison in the case. Filed in 2010, the petition for post-conviction relief claims Mr. Richardson's rights were violated under the U.S. and Illinois constitutions, and that his sentence exceeds his life expectancy. He cites case law he claims forces his sentence to be proportional to the crime, but outside the context of a death penalty. At trial, issues emerged about Mr. Collins being upset Mr. Richardson was borrowing money from his sister, who was Mr. Collins' wife. Mr. Richardson also was convicted of theft. Mr. Richardson claims his original attorney, Eugene Stockton, failed to present various evidence, including that he was not heavily in debt and had no motive to kill or blackmail anyone. He claimed at trial a third party forced him to witness the murder at gunpoint, but testimony was kept from the jury. In June 2005, the Third District Appellate Court affirmed the trial court's judgment, noting the murder weapon (a 2-by-4) was found where Mr. Richardson said it would be, on top of a shed on the Ben Butterworth Parkway, and there was no physical evidence to suggest a third party was involved. 
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Today is Thursday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2013. There are 222 days left in the year.
1863 — 150 years ago: Messrs. J. and M. Rosenfield have moved their leather and hidestore to the building formerly occupied by Temple Bufords's store. They buy and sellhides, pelts, furs, wool, beeswax, lard, tallow, etc.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The Rock Island Lumber Company has recovered 5,000 of the8,000 logs that were carried away by the Mississippi River flood last week.
1913 -- 100 years ago: John J. Ullemeyer has been awarded the contract to furnish RockIsland fire and police department members with uniforms, at the city's expense.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Work on Aledo's new $38,000 swimming pool was started thismorning at South Park when ground for the pool was broken by Mayor John W. Murphy.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Students and teacher at Moline High School called today "MissLeona Day" day at the school in honor of the government teacher who retires at theend of the school term. Although she's been teaching for 43 years at the school, Miss Dayfound a new way of arriving at the school this morning. At 7:30 a.m., a police squad carpulled up in front of Miss Day's home and escorted her to school. A caravan of students' cars joined the procession along the way.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Barbecue cooking and riverfront antics are planned for Discover the
River Day Saturday in Leach Park, Bettendorf. A 5K run, wind surfing, a canoe race, hogcalling and more will round out the day under the Interstate 74 bridge.
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