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PEOPLE v. LAWSON

No. 73277.

644 N.E.2d 1172 (1994)

163 Ill.2d 187

206 Ill.Dec. 119

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Carl Earl LAWSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

December 1, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, and Steven L. Clark, Asst. Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Appellant.

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield (Rosalyn Kaplan, Solicitor Gen., and Terence M. Madsen and Karen Alice Kloppe, Asst. Attys. Gen., Springfield, of counsel), for the People.

Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Carl Earl Lawson, was indicted for the first degree murder of eight-year-old Terrance K. Jones by the grand jury of St. Clair County. Following a jury trial, defendant was found guilty and convicted of murder (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 38, par. 9—1(a)(1)). He subsequently waived jury sentencing and was sentenced to death based on several statutory aggravating factors (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par...

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