PEOPLE v. OWENS

No. 56453.

102 Ill.2d 88 (1984)

464 N.E.2d 261

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ROBIN WAYNE OWENS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied June 4, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, and Verlin R.F. Meinz, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Michael B. Weinstein, Kenneth A. Fedinets, and Terence M. Madsen, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

In a jury trial in the circuit court of Will County, defendant, Robin Wayne Owens, was convicted of the murder of George Kallai. At the death penalty hearing requested by the State pursuant to section 9-1(d) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 9-1(d)), defendant was sentenced to death by electrocution. The trial court stayed imposition of the sentence (87...

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