PEOPLE v. WARD

No. 68274.

609 N.E.2d 252 (1992)

154 Ill.2d 272

181 Ill.Dec. 884

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Jerry WARD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied March 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph N. Stone and Rita A. Fry, Public Defenders, Chicago (Vicki Rogers, Asst. Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield, and Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., Chicago (Terence M. Madsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb and Gael A. McCaughey-O'Brien, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for the People.


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

Following a jury trial in Cook County, defendant, Jerry Ward, was found guilty of the murder of Bruce Herd and Herd's girlfriend, Pamela Williams (Ill.Rev.Stat.1983, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)), the armed robbery of Bruce Herd (Ill.Rev.Stat.1983, ch. 38, par. 18-2(a)), and possession of a stolen motor vehicle (Ill.Rev.Stat.1983, ch. 95½, par. 4-103(a)(1)). After the verdict was rendered, the court found the...

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