PEOPLE v. KIDD

No. 78445.

687 N.E.2d 945 (1997)

178 Ill.2d 92

227 Ill.Dec. 463

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Leonard KIDD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied December 1, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cook County Public Defender, Chicago, Andrea Monsees, Asst. Cook County Public Defender, Chicago, for Leonard Kidd.

Richard A. Devine, State's Atty., Cook County, Criminal Appeals Div., Chicago, Jim Ryan, Atty. Gen., Criminal Appeals Div., Chicago, Sally Dilgart, Asst. State's Atty., Cook County, Chicago, for the People.


Justice HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

Upon remand of this cause to the circuit court of Cook County for a new trial (People v. Kidd, 147 Ill.2d 510, 169 Ill.Dec. 258, 591 N.E.2d 431 (1992)), a jury found the defendant, Leonard Kidd, guilty of one count of arson and 10 counts of murder in the deaths of 10 children who died as the result...

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