PEOPLE v. KITCHEN

No. 71027.

636 N.E.2d 433 (1994)

159 Ill.2d 1

201 Ill.Dec. 1

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Ronald KITCHEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

March 24, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, and John J. Hanlon, Asst. Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellant.

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield, and Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney, Chicago (Terence M. Madsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb and William D. Carroll, Asst. State's Attys. of counsel), for the People.


Chief Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Ronald Kitchen, was convicted of five counts of murder. (Ill. Rev.Stat.1985, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(1).) After finding defendant eligible for the death penalty based on the statutory aggravating factor of murder of two or more individuals (Ill.Rev.Stat.1985, ch. 38, par. 9-1(b)(3)), the same jury found insufficient mitigating factors to preclude...

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