PEOPLE v. BLACKWELL

No. 73240.

665 N.E.2d 782 (1996)

171 Ill.2d 338

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Michael A. BLACKWELL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

April 18, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, and John J. Hanlon, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and James W. Glasgow, State's Attorney, Joliet (Barbara A. Preiner, Solicitor General, and Arleen C. Anderson and Penelope Moutoussamy George, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Justice NICKELS delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial in Will County, defendant was convicted of three counts of first degree murder (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(2)), one count of aggravated battery with a firearm (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 38, par. 12-4.2), and one count of reckless conduct (Ill. Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 38, par. 12-5). Defendant waived his right to be sentenced by a jury, and the trial judge found defendant eligible for the death...

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