PEOPLE v. HENDERSON

No. 65457.

568 N.E.2d 1234 (1990)

142 Ill.2d 258

154 Ill.Dec. 785

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Demetrius HENDERSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied April 1, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, Springfield, and Charles W. Hoffman, Asst. Defender, Chicago, both of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

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


Justice STAMOS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Demetrius Henderson, was convicted of the murder of Kim Boyd (Ill. Rev.Stat.1985, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)) following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County. On the State's motion, a death penalty hearing was held before the trial judge, defendant having waived his right to a jury at the death penalty hearing. The trial judge found defendant eligible for...

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