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PEOPLE v. GLECKLER

No. 51537.

82 Ill.2d 145 (1980)

411 N.E.2d 849

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JERRY ARTHUR GLECKLER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 17, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, of Springfield (Charles M. Schiedel, of Springfield, and Verlin R.F. Meinz, of Ottawa, Assistant Appellate Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield (Donald B. MacKay, Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Carolyn B. Notkoff, and Jonathan Strauss, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Robert P. Isaacson, Aaron L. Meyers and John Thomas Moran, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), amicus curiae.

Judgment affirmed; death sentence vacated; cause remanded.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury in Champaign County found defendant, Jerry Arthur Gleckler, guilty of the shotgun murders of two teenagers, Douglas Scott Simmons and Mark Harris. Two days later, on May 26, 1978, this same jury decided that no mitigating factors existed which were sufficient to preclude a sentence of death. Direct appeal was taken to this court. See 73 Ill...

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