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PEOPLE v. MUNSON

No. 88799.

794 N.E.2d 155 (2002)

206 Ill.2d 104

276 Ill.Dec. 260

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. James MUNSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied August 29, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, Kathryn Saltmarsh, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellant, and James Munson, Pontiac, appellant pro se.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (William L. Browers, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, and Renee G. Goldfarb and Sally L. Dilgart, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Justice GARMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, James Munson, was convicted of the first degree murder of Marvin Cheeks, armed robbery, aggravated kidnapping, and arson of the property of Cheeks. Defendant waived a jury for sentencing and, following a bifurcated sentencing hearing, was sentenced to death by the trial court on the first degree murder conviction and to concurrent prison terms...

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