PEOPLE v. ORANGE

No. 75786.

659 N.E.2d 935 (1995)

168 Ill.2d 138

213 Ill.Dec. 589

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Leroy ORANGE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 22, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Geraghty, Chicago (Arthur S. Freeman, of counsel), and Steven Wernikoff, Kelly Cassidy, David Doyle, Amy Bauman, Angela M. Coin, Thomas P. Swigert and Rod Floro, law students, 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 Joan F. Frazier, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Leroy Orange, was convicted by a jury in the circuit court of Cook County on charges of murder, concealment of a homicidal death, and aggravated arson. Defendant waived his right to a jury trial for purposes of a death penalty hearing, and the trial judge sentenced the defendant to death. On direct appeal, this court affirmed defendant's murder and concealment convictions and death sentence, but reversed...

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