PEOPLE v. YOUNG

No. 64888.

124 Ill.2d 147 (1988)

529 N.E.2d 497

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JOSEPH YOUNG, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas K. McQueen and Robert D. Nachman, of Chicago (Jenner & Block, of counsel), for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Roma Jones Stewart, Solicitor General, and Terence M. Madsen, Assistant Attorney General, both of Chicago, and Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., Kenneth T. McCurry and John A. Gasiorowski, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed.

JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Joseph Young, age 20, was convicted of the murder and armed robbery of Mrs. Willie Davis, age 63, at a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County. The People sought the death penalty. Pursuant to the defendant's request, a jury was selected to consider defendant's eligibility for the death penalty and whether to impose it.

At the bifurcated penalty hearing, the jury found...

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