PEOPLE v. DAVIS

No. 61538.

119 Ill.2d 61 (1987)

518 N.E.2d 78

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied February 2, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell J. Hoover, Julia A. Martin, G. Beth Packert and Daryl J. Lapp, of Chicago (Jenner & Block, of counsel), for appellant.

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


Affirmed.

CHIEF JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of St. Clair County, the defendant, Girvies Davis, was convicted of the murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(1)) of Charles Biebel. In a hearing requested by the People, the jury found that there existed one or more of the factors set forth in section 9-1(b) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 9-1(b)) and that...

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