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PEOPLE v. EMERSON

No. 61915.

122 Ill.2d 411 (1987)

522 N.E.2d 1109

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. DENNIS EMERSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied April 5, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore A. Gottfried, State Appellate Defender, Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, and James E. Chadd, 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 Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., Kevin Sweeney and David A. Cuomo, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed in part and reversed in part.

JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Dennis Emerson, was convicted in a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County of one count each of murder, attempted murder, and aggravated arson and of two counts of armed robbery. The same jury imposed the death sentence for the murder conviction. The defendant's execution was stayed pending direct review by this court. Ill. Const. 1970,...

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