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PEOPLE v. MORGAN

No. 5-92-0153.

620 N.E.2d 635 (1993)

250 Ill. App.3d 728

189 Ill.Dec. 667

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Karl MORGAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

September 17, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender and Edwin J. Anderson, Asst. Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Fifth Judicial District, Mt. Vernon, for defendant-appellant.

Robert Haida, State's Atty., St. Clair County, Belleville, and Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, and Kendra S. Mitchell, Staff Atty., Office of the State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for plaintiff-appellee.

Justice RARICK delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Karl Keith Morgan, was charged in the circuit court of St. Clair County with the murder of 80-year-old Gertrude Eastwood. After a trial by jury, Morgan was found guilty of first-degree murder. The jury subsequently found Morgan eligible for the death penalty because the murder had taken place in the course of a sexual assault and a burglary. After a further hearing, the jury was unable to unanimously agree...

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