PEOPLE v. KIRCHNER

No. 86049.

743 N.E.2d 94 (2000)

194 Ill.2d 502

252 Ill.Dec. 520

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. William Bradley KIRCHNER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied January 29, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Schiedel, Deputy Defender, Springfield, and Steven Clark, Assistant Defender, Chicago, both of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Diane Sipich, State's Attorney, Tuscola (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, and William L. Browers and Colleen M. Griffin, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

During the early morning hours of August 8, 1997, Charles Brewer, his wife, Doris Jean Brewer, and their daughter Bonnie Brewer were fatally stabbed at their home in rural Douglas County. A jury found defendant, William Bradley Kirchner, guilty of the first degree murders of the three Brewers. The same jury determined that defendant was eligible for the death penalty. After hearing evidence in aggravation and mitigation...

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