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PEOPLE v. WATKINS

Nos. 1-95-3829, 1-96-0386.

688 N.E.2d 798 (1997)

293 Ill. App.3d 496

228 Ill.Dec. 100

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Antillio WATKINS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of the State, Appellate Defender, Chicago (Michael J. Pelletier, Charles Hoffman, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Richard A. Devine, Renee Goldfarb, William D. Qarroll, Eileen M. O'Neill, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Justice GALLAGHER delivered the opinion of the court:

On August 29, 1992, a jury convicted the defendant, Antillio Watkins, of two counts of first degree murder for the shooting deaths of Dovette Russell and Vastille Blakely. That jury also convicted defendant of the attempted murder of Michael Jones. The State requested a death penalty hearing, and defendant waived his right to have that hearing conducted before a jury. Ill.Rev.Stat. 1991, ch. 38, par. 9-1 (West...

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