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PEOPLE v. ERICKSON

No. 72667.

641 N.E.2d 455 (1994)

161 Ill.2d 82

204 Ill.Dec. 231

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Paul S. ERICKSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied October 3, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender (Kyle Wesendorf, Asst. Public Defender, of counsel), and Christina M. Tchen and Rawn Howard Reinhard, Chicago, 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 G. Goldfarb, Kenneth McCurry and Michael Golden, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), Chicago, for the People.

Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

After waiving the jury that had convicted him, defendant was sentenced to death for raping Elizabeth Launer, murdering her, and concealing the homicide. This court affirmed the convictions and sentence on direct appeal. (People v. Erickson (1987), 117 Ill.2d 271, 111 Ill.Dec. 924, 513 N.E.2d 367.) After the United States Supreme Court...

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