PEOPLE v. JANES

No. 73235.

630 N.E.2d 790 (1994)

158 Ill.2d 27

196 Ill.Dec. 625

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

January 20, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, and Allen H. Andrews, Asst. Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellant.

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield, and Millard S. Everhart, State's Atty., Toledo (Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Solicitor Gen., and Terence M. Madsen and Marcia L. Friedl, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Justice HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

On October 11, 1991, defendant, Ronald J. Janes, pled guilty in the circuit court of Cumberland County to three counts of murder. Defendant also waived his right to have a jury determine whether he would receive a sentence of death. At the first stage of the capital sentencing hearing, the trial court found defendant eligible for death under the Criminal Code of 1961 (the Criminal Code), section 9-1(b)(3) (Ill.Rev...

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