PEOPLE v. LEWIS

No. 1-01-3760.

779 N.E.2d 490 (2002)

334 Ill. App.3d 993

268 Ill.Dec. 876

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Andre LEWIS, a/k/a Dary Lewis, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

November 8, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Cook County Public Defender, Chicago (James N. Perlman, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, James E. Fitzgerald and Iris Ferosie, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice FROSSARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Andre Lewis (also known as Dary Lewis) entered an open plea of guilty to two counts of first degree murder for the beating death of the victim, P.B., a five-year-old boy. The State sought imposition of the death penalty. At the death penalty hearing, the court found that defendant qualified for the death penalty because the crime was accompanied by exceptionally brutal or heinous behavior indicative of...

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