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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 53240.

97 Ill.2d 252 (1983)

454 N.E.2d 220

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 30, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat and Kevin Sweeney, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.

Steven Clark and Ralph Ruebner, Deputy Defenders, and Kenneth L. Jones, Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender of Chicago (Martin Carlson, Assistant Appellate Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

After his pretrial motions had been denied, Hernando Williams changed his plea to guilty in the circuit court of Cook County to charges of murder, armed robbery, rape and aggravated kidnaping. The pleas were accepted and judgment was entered upon them. The State then asked for the death penalty, and after a bifurcated sentencing proceeding before a jury and the judge who had accepted the pleas...

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