PEOPLE v. ORANGE

No. 62144.

121 Ill.2d 364 (1988)

521 N.E.2d 69

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. LEROY ORANGE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied April 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, and Robert E. Davison, and Beth Katz, Assistant Defenders, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, and Karen McNaught, law student, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Mark L. Rotert and Terence M. Madsen, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., and Kevin Sweeney, Assistant State's Attorneys, and Renee G. Goldfarb, Special Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed in part and reversed in part.

JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Leroy Orange, was convicted in a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County on charges of murder, concealment of a homicidal death, and aggravated arson. The defendant waived his right to a jury for purposes of a death penalty hearing, and the trial judge sentenced the defendant to death. The defendant's execution was stayed pending direct...

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