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PEOPLE v. LEAR

No. 78292.

677 N.E.2d 895 (1997)

175 Ill.2d 262

222 Ill.Dec. 361

The PEOPLE of The State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Tuhran A. LEAR, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied March 31, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, Springfield, IL, Kim Robert Fawcett, Assistant Defender, Marshall J. Hartman, Deputy Director, Chicago, for Tuhran A. Lear, Menard.

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

Chief Justice HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Montgomery County, defendant, Tuhran Lear, was convicted of first degree murder, attempted first degree murder, and two counts of armed robbery. The jury found defendant eligible for the death penalty and found no mitigating circumstances sufficient to preclude imposition of the death penalty. Defendant was sentenced to death and also to two concurrent 60-year prison...

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