PEOPLE v. LUCAS

No. 89458.

787 N.E.2d 113 (2002)

203 Ill.2d 410

272 Ill.Dec. 298

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Roosevelt LUCAS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

As Modified Upon Denial of Rehearing March 31, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark H. Kusatzky, Northfield, and Fred A. Wellisch, Chicago, for appellant.

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


Justice FITZGERALD delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found defendant, Roosevelt Lucas, guilty of first degree murder. The same jury found defendant eligible for death on the ground that the victim was a correctional officer and concluded that there were no mitigating factors sufficient to preclude imposition of the death penalty. The trial court sentenced defendant to death, and this court affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence on direct appeal. See...

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