PEOPLE v. ODLE

No. 63753.

128 Ill.2d 111 (1988)

538 N.E.2d 428

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. THOMAS V. ODLE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 26, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore A. Gottfried and Gary S. Rapaport, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, and Ann Bodewes, law student, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Shawn W. Denney, Solicitor General, and Terence M. Madsen and Nathan P. Maddox, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

CHIEF JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Thomas V. Odle, was charged by information in the circuit court of Jefferson County under section 9-1(a)(1) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(1)) for the murders of Robert, Carolyn, Sean, Robyn and Scott Odle. A jury found defendant guilty of all five murders. The State requested a hearing...

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