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PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 72709.

636 N.E.2d 485 (1994)

159 Ill.2d 97

201 Ill.Dec. 53

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Grayland JOHNSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied May 27, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Dep. Defender, and E. Joyce Randolph, Asst. Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, 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 and Gael McCaughey-O'Brien, Asst. State's Attys. of counsel), for the People.

Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Grayland Johnson, was arrested for the murder of Douglas Coleman, who was shot to death in Chicago on Easter Sunday, 1988. A jury sitting in the circuit court of Cook County found defendant guilty of first degree murder and also found him eligible for the death penalty. Defendant elected to have the trial court determine his sentence based on the evidence in aggravation and mitigation. The trial court...

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