PEOPLE v. NIEVES

No. 83670.

739 N.E.2d 1277 (2000)

193 Ill.2d 513

251 Ill.Dec. 155

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Hector NIEVES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 16, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, Lawrence Bapst, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard E. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (William L. Browers, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, Renee Goldfarb and Michelle Katz, 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, Hector Nieves, was convicted of first degree murder. The same jury found defendant eligible for the death penalty based upon convictions for two or more murders. After the jury found that no mitigating circumstances existed sufficient to preclude the imposition of the death penalty, the court entered judgment on the jury's finding and sentenced...

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