PEOPLE v. EDWARDS

No. 67434.

579 N.E.2d 336 (1991)

144 Ill.2d 108

161 Ill.Dec. 788

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Daniel J. EDWARDS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing September 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, State Appellate Defender-Sup. Ct. Unit, Patricia G. Mysza, Asst. State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for Daniel J. Edwards.

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Crim. Appeals Div., Chicago, Ill., State's Atty. Kankakee County, Kankakee, William P. Pistorius, Asst. State's Atty., Chicago, for people.


Justice CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Daniel Edwards, and Nancy Rish were arrested on September 4, 1987, in connection with the kidnapping of Stephen Small. Late that evening, at approximately 10 p.m., defendant led police to Mr. Small's body, buried in an underground box in a densely wooded area near his home in Kankakee, Illinois. The Kankakee County grand jury subsequently returned a 13-count indictment...

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