PEOPLE v. DANIELS

No. 77464.

665 N.E.2d 1221 (1996)

172 Ill.2d 154

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Eric D. DANIELS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied June 3, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Thomas J. Difanis, State's Attorney, Urbana (Barbara E. Preiner, Solicitor General, and Arleen C. Anderson and Steven R. Splitt, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Eric D. Daniels, appeals from his conviction and death penalty sentence, contending that he was denied a fair trial because he was allowed only seven peremptory challenges to prospective jurors instead of the 14 specified for capital cases under Supreme Court Rule 434(d) (134 Ill.2d R. 434(d)). Defendant also argues that the trial court compounded its error by refusing to excuse for cause a prospective...

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