PEOPLE v. HARRIS

No. 64144.

132 Ill.2d 366 (1989)

547 N.E.2d 1241

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. TERRY HARRIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 7, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul P. Biebel, Jr., and Randolph N. Stone, Public Defenders, of Chicago (Kyle Wesendorf, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Terence M. Madsen, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Inge Fryklund and Marie Quinlivan Czech, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Convictions affirmed; sentences vacated; cause remanded.

JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Terry Harris, was found guilty of murder, aggravated criminal sexual assault, and aggravated kidnapping in a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County. The defendant waived his right to a jury for purposes of a death penalty hearing, and the trial judge sentenced the defendant to death...

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