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PEOPLE v. RISSLEY

No. 74636.

651 N.E.2d 133 (1995)

165 Ill.2d 364

209 Ill.Dec. 205

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Jeffrey D. RISSLEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied May 30, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, and Timothy M. Gabrielsen, Asst. Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellant.

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield, and Marc P. Bernabei, State's Atty., Princeton (Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Solicitor Gen., and Terence M. Madsen, Michael A. Hurst and Arleen C. Anderson, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Justice NICKELS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Jeffrey Rissley, pleaded guilty in the circuit court of Bureau County to the aggravated kidnapping and first degree murder of six-year-old Kahla Lansing. At a separate sentencing hearing, a jury found that the defendant was eligible for the death penalty based on two statutory aggravating factors. A jury found that defendant was eligible for the death penalty because the murder was committed in the course...

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