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PEOPLE v. TYE

No. 63728.

565 N.E.2d 931 (1990)

141 Ill.2d 1

152 Ill.Dec. 249

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Jimmie TYE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied February 4, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender, Chicago (Aaron L. Meyers, Asst. Public Defender, of counsel), and Janet Reed and Cary Berman, law students, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Atty. Gen., of Springfield, and Cecil A. Partee, State's Atty., Chicago (Terence M. Madsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, and Inge Fryklund and Kevin Sweeney, Asst. State's Attys., and Kathleen Howlett, Sp. Asst. State's Atty., of counsel), for the People.

Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendant, Jimmie Tye, was convicted of the murder of his three-year-old daughter, Jasmin James. The State requested a hearing to determine whether the defendant should be sentenced to death for the offense. The defendant waived a jury for purposes of the sentencing hearing. The trial judge determined that the defendant was eligible for the death penalty...

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