PEOPLE v. KIDD

No. 62476.

129 Ill.2d 432 (1989)

544 N.E.2d 704

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. LEONARD KIDD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul P. Biebel, Jr., Public Defender, of Chicago (Richard E. Cunningham, 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 Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., Kevin Sweeney, Renee G. Goldfarb, and Inge Fryklund, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment vacated and remanded.

JUSTICE STAMOS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Leonard Kidd, pleaded guilty in the circuit court of Cook County to nine counts of murder, one count of armed robbery, one count of aggravated arson, and four counts of concealment of homicidal deaths. The trial court entered judgment on the pleas, and a jury was impaneled to decide whether the death sentence should be imposed. The jury found that defendant had attained...

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