PEOPLE v. SHUM

No. 84933.

797 N.E.2d 609 (2003)

207 Ill.2d 47

278 Ill.Dec. 14

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Keith SHUM, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall Hartman, Deputy Defender, Anna Ahronheim, Acting Deputy Defender, John C. Greenlees, Chicago, Sharon Hicks, Urbana, Office of the State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

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


Justice GARMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial, defendant, Keith Shum,1 was convicted of murder, feticide, attempted murder, and two counts of rape. Defendant waived a jury for the sentencing phase of trial, and he was sentenced to death for murder and to concurrent sentences of 60 years for feticide, 60 years for attempted murder, and 30 years for each rape. His convictions...

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