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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 64085.

138 Ill.2d 377 (1990)

563 N.E.2d 385

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. BENNIE WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 30, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley and Cecil A. Partee, State's Attorneys, of Chicago (Terence M. Madsen, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Inge Fryklund, Renee Goldfarb and James S. Veldman, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Suppression order vacated in part; attenuation order and sentences vacated; judgment reversed; cause remanded.

JUSTICE STAMOS delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Bennie Williams, was convicted of murder and armed robbery. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, pars. 9-1(a), 18-2(a).) Defendant waived a jury for the sentencing phase of his trial. Upon finding defendant eligible for the death penalty...

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