PEOPLE v. HARRIS

Nos. 63997, 64008, 64034 cons.

123 Ill.2d 113 (1988)

526 N.E.2d 335

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. CHARLES HARRIS, Appellant. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. EARNEST WILSON, Appellant. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. FRED COLLINS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Polito, of Kozlowski, Polito & Feeley, of Joliet, for appellant Charles Harris.

Block, Krockey, Cernugel & Cowgill, P.C., of Joliet (Joseph M. Cernugel, of counsel), for appellant Earnest Wilson, and Earnest Wilson, of Joliet, appellant pro se.

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa (Pamela A. Peters, of counsel), for appellant Fred Collins.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Roma Jones Stewart, Solicitor General, and Terence M. Madsen, Sally L. Dilgart and Gary Schwartz, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Appellate court affirmed.

JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants Charles Harris, Earnest Wilson, and Fred Collins were convicted of murder and conspiracy to commit murder after a joint jury trial in the circuit court of Will County. Following a bifurcated sentencing hearing, the jury found the defendants eligible for the death penalty, but found mitigating factors sufficient to preclude the...

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