PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 51870.

93 Ill.2d 309 (1982)

444 N.E.2d 136

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. DENNIS WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Reubner and Steven Clark, Deputy Defenders, and Martin Carlson and Richard E. Cunningham, Assistant Appellate Defenders, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellant; and Dennis Williams, pro se.

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, and Michael E. Shabat and Joel A. Stein, and Kevin Sweeney, Assistant State's Attorneys, all of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant Dennis Williams was convicted of two counts of murder, two counts of aggravated kidnaping, and rape. A separate sentencing jury found the necessary aggravating factors and that there were no mitigating factors sufficient to preclude imposition of the death sentence. The...

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