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PEOPLE v. JIMERSON

No. 62845.

127 Ill.2d 12 (1989)

535 N.E.2d 889

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. VERNEAL JIMERSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied April 3, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, and Lawrence J. Essig, Appellate Defender, of Springfield, and Steven Clark, Assistant Appellate Defender, of Chicago, all of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., and Kevin Sweeney, Assistant State's Attorneys, and Marie Quinlivan Czech, Special Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendant, Verneal Jimerson, was convicted of the murder of two persons. The defendant waived his right to a jury for purposes of a death penalty hearing, and the trial judge sentenced the defendant to death for the offenses. The defendant's execution was stayed pending direct review by this court. Ill. Const. 1970, art. VI...

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