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PEOPLE v. COLE

No. 76737.

665 N.E.2d 1275 (1996)

172 Ill.2d 85

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. John Sherman COLE, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied June 3, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, and Steven L. Clark, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellant.

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

Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Montgomery County, the defendant, John Sherman Cole, Jr., was convicted of two counts of first degree murder, two counts of home invasion, and one count of aggravated kidnapping. A jury subsequently determined that the defendant was eligible for the death penalty and that there were no mitigating circumstances sufficient to preclude imposition of that sentence. The defendant...

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