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PEOPLE v. COLEMAN

No. 64818.

129 Ill.2d 321 (1989)

544 N.E.2d 330

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ALTON COLEMAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 29, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, and Elizabeth Dale Caddick, law student, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Robert J. Ruiz, Solicitor General, and Terence M. Madsen and Marcia L. Friedl, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Affirmed.

CHIEF JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Alton Coleman, was charged by indictment in the circuit court of Lake County for the murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, pars. 9-1(a)(2), (a)(3)) and aggravated kidnapping (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 10-2(a)(3)) of Vernita Wheat. A jury found the defendant guilty of each charge. The State requested a hearing to consider whether the death penalty should be imposed. (Ill...

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