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PEOPLE v. BENEDIK

No. 45329.

56 Ill.2d 306 (1974)

307 N.E.2d 382

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. WILLIAM DONALD BENEDIK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 31, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Bradley and Steven Clark, Illinois Defender Project, for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Jack Hoogasian, State's Attorney, of Waukegan (James B. Zagel and Charles H. Levad, Assistant Attorneys General, and Harry C. Bulkeley (Senior Law Student), of counsel), for the People.

Affirmed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial in the circuit court of Lake County the defendant, William Benedik, was found guilty of the murder of Karl Kresmery and Lynn Kelly. Upon recommendation of the jury, the trial judge imposed the death penalty. The defendant has appealed directly to this court. 50 Ill.2d R. 603.

For approximately seven years the defendant had been having an affair with Lynn...

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