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PEOPLE v. BROWN

No. 75556.

661 N.E.2d 287 (1996)

169 Ill.2d 132

214 Ill.Dec. 433

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Cortez BROWN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

January 18, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger W. Wenthe and Judith A. Kelley, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, for appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney, Chicago (Renee G. Goldfarb and Noreen M. Daly, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel) for the People.

Chief Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion the court:

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendant, Cortez Brown, was convicted of one count of murder. The defendant's death sentencing hearing proceeded before the trial judge sitting without a jury. The trial judge found the defendant eligible for the death penalty (720 ILCS 5/9-1(b)(3), (b)(11) (West 1994)), and further found that there were no mitigating factors sufficient to preclude...

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