PEOPLE v. DAVIS

No. 62311.

112 Ill.2d 78 (1986)

491 N.E.2d 1163

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. GIRVIES DAVIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed April 4, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Roma J. Stewart, Solicitor General, and Mark L. Rotert and James E. Fitzgerald, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed and remanded.

JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Girvies Davis, was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. On appeal, this court affirmed the conviction but, because of errors that had occurred at the sentencing hearing, vacated the death sentence and remanded the cause for further proceedings. (97 Ill.2d 1.) In advance of a second capital sentencing hearing the defendant raised...

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