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PEOPLE v. PITSONBARGER

No. 67879.

568 N.E.2d 783 (1990)

142 Ill.2d 353

154 Ill.Dec. 562

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Jimmy Ray PITSONBARGER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing April 1, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, and Peter L. Rotskoff, Asst. Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Atty. Gen., Springfield (Robert J. Ruiz, Sol. Gen., and Terence M. Madsen and Thomas L. Ciecko, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Justice WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Jimmy Ray Pitsonbarger, was convicted following a bench trial in the circuit court of Peoria County of two counts of knowingly causing the deaths of Claude and Alta Brown and of four counts of felony murder based on the felonies of burglary and home invasion with respect to each victim. The State moved for a death penalty hearing, which was held before a jury. The jury concluded that the defendant was...

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