PEOPLE v. SPREITZER

No. 69629.

572 N.E.2d 931 (1991)

143 Ill.2d 210

157 Ill.Dec. 467

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Edward SPREITZER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied June 3, 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 (Robert J. Ruiz, Sol. Gen., and Terrence M. Madsen and Thomas L. Ciecko, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Justice THOMAS J. MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Edward Spreitzer, was indicted, along with codefendants Andrew and Thomas Kokoraleis, in Du Page County for the aggravated kidnapping and murder of Linda Sutton. His case was severed from his codefendants, and after the first phase of his trial he was convicted, after a bench trial, of both charges. A jury was empaneled, at the defendant's request, at the sentencing phase of his trial. The jury...

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