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PEOPLE v. MORGAN

No. 58729.

112 Ill.2d 111 (1986)

492 N.E.2d 1303

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. SAMUEL MORGAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied June 2, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, and Gary S. Rapaport, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Mark L. Rotert, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Joan S. Cherry, Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., and Beth Herndobler, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed as modified.

JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Samuel Morgan, was charged by indictment in the circuit court of Cook County with the murders of William Motley and Kenneth Merkson (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, pars. 9-1(a)(1), (a)(2)) and the rape (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 11-1) and aggravated kidnaping (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, pars. 10-2(a)(3), (a)(5)) of Phyllis Gregson. A jury found the defendant...

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