PEOPLE v. BRITZ

No. 62677.

123 Ill.2d 446 (1988)

528 N.E.2d 703

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. DeWAYNE BRITZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied October 3, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, and James E. Chadd, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, and John McCarron and Karen McNaught, law students, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, and Donald M. Cadagin, State's Attorney, both of Springfield (Kenneth R. Boyle, Patrick Delfino, Robert J. Biderman and Denise M. Ambrose, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE CUNNINGHAM delivered the opinion of the court:

On February 14, 1985, defendant, DeWayne Britz, was charged by information in Sangamon County with six counts of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, pars. 9-1(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3)), one count of aggravated kidnapping (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 10-2(a)(5)), two counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 12-14(a)(1)), one count of armed...

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