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PEOPLE v. WARD

No. 82106.

718 N.E.2d 117 (1999)

187 Ill.2d 249

240 Ill.Dec. 636

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Jerry WARD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Rolfes, Ann B. Spillane, Bina Sanghavi, Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd., Martin S. Carlson, Sharon Hicks, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Jerry Ward.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (William L. Browers, Arleen C. Anderson, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, Renee Goldfarb, Gael McCaughey-O'Brien, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Justice RATHJE delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Jerry Ward, was convicted of the murders of Bruce Herd and Herd's girlfriend, Pamela Williams; the armed robbery of Bruce Herd; and possession of a stolen motor vehicle. For the murder convictions, the circuit court sentenced defendant to death. The court also imposed a 30-year term of imprisonment for armed robbery and a 3-year term of imprisonment...

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