PEOPLE v. WALKER

No. 51989.

84 Ill.2d 512 (1981)

419 N.E.2d 1167

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. EUGENE A. WALKER, JR., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed April 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Reid, Deputy Defender, and Robert E. Davison and Randy E. Blue, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield (Donald B. Mackay, Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., and Orisha A. Kulick, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part and vacated in part; cause remanded.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the decision of the court and the following opinion in which MR. CHIEF JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH and MR. JUSTICE SIMON join:

This capital case presents questions involving the permissible reach of prosecutorial discretion under the due process clause of the United States Constitution and the appropriateness of the penalty of death for this defendant under the eighth amendment of the...

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