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PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 89910.

794 N.E.2d 294 (2002)

206 Ill.2d 348

276 Ill.Dec. 399

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Lenard JOHNSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

December 19, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Farley, Jr., Naperville, and Stephen E. Eberhardt, Crestwood, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, and William L. Browers and Jay Paul Hoffmann, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Justice GARMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, Lenard Johnson, pleaded guilty in 1990 to the murder of 11-year-old Donald Buske, the aggravated criminal sexual assaults of two female minors who were visitors at Donald's home, and home invasion. He waived a jury trial for sentencing. The circuit court of Montgomery County found three aggravating factors, concluded that there were no mitigating factors, and sentenced petitioner to death. Petitioner filed...

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