PEOPLE v. KEENE

No. 76329.

660 N.E.2d 901 (1995)

169 Ill.2d 1

214 Ill.Dec. 194

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. William Clair KEENE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied January 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Michael P. Bald, State's Attorney, Freeport (Barbara A. Preiner, Solicitor General, and Arleen C. Anderson and Martha E. Gillis, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

A Stephenson County jury convicted William Keene of armed robbery and murder and sentenced him to death. In this direct appeal (720 ILCS 5/9-1(i) (West 1992); 134 Ill.2d R. 606), we affirm the convictions and sentence.

BACKGROUND

Evidence showed that Keene and two others, Larry Ehlers and Michael Hoover, planned to rob Bob Peters' gun shop in Freeport...

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