PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 82807.

737 N.E.2d 230 (2000)

193 Ill.2d 1

249 Ill.Dec. 840

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Bobby O. WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied October 2, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Robert Haida, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Barbara A. Preiner and Joel Bertocchi, Solicitors General, and William L. Browers, Colleen M. Griffin and Darryl B. Simko, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Justice McMORROW delivered the judgment of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of St. Clair County, the defendant, Bobby O. Williams, was convicted of the first degree murder of Sharon Bushong. The same jury found defendant eligible for the death penalty. Following a hearing in aggravation and mitigation, the jury found that there were no factors sufficient to preclude imposition of the death penalty and sentenced defendant to death. Defendant's...

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