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PEOPLE v. GEVAS

No. 75604.

655 N.E.2d 894 (1995)

166 Ill.2d 461

211 Ill.Dec. 511

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. David GEVAS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied October 2, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore A. Gottfried, State Appellate Defender, and Timothy M. Gabrielsen, Assistant Defender, Springfield, for appellant.

Roland W. Burris, Attorney General, Springfield, and Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney, Chicago (Arleen C. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb and Sang Won Shim, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Justice NICKELS delivered the opinion of the court:

David Gevas, defendant, pleaded guilty in the circuit court of Cook County to the murder of his two nine-month-old children and, after a hearing, the trial court sentenced him to death. Defense counsel thereafter filed several post-trial motions to vacate defendant's guilty plea, sentence defendant to natural life imprisonment, and conduct a new sentencing hearing. Defense counsel also asked the court to hold a fitness...

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