PEOPLE v. PERSON

No. 80-565.

102 Ill. App.3d 474 (1981)

430 N.E.2d 116

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LAWRENCE PERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed December 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner and Michael Kreloff, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr and Mary Ellen Dienes, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE ROMITI delivered the opinion of the court:

In a bench trial defendant Lawrence Person was found guilty of murder and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 35 years. On appeal defendant contends: (1) the State's refusal to disclose, prior to trial, whether it would seek imposition of the death penalty, coupled with the trial court's allowance of voir dire questions concerning the death penalty coerced defendant...

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