PEOPLE v. TAYLOR

No. 53208.

101 Ill.2d 508 (1984)

463 N.E.2d 705

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ROBERT TAYLOR, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied June 4, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Verlin R.F. Meinz and Charles W. Hoffman, Assistant Defenders, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael B. Weinstein and Mark Rotert, Assistant Attorneys General, and Michael E. Shabat, Lawrence R. Stasica and Joan S. Cherry, Assistant State's Attorneys, all of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part and reversed in part and vacated in part; cause remanded.

JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County defendant, Robert Taylor, was convicted of the murder and armed robbery of Freddie Lampton. Pursuant to section 9-1(d) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 9-1(d)) the People requested a death sentence hearing. Defendant waived his right to...

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