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PEOPLE v. MORRIS

No. 87645.

807 N.E.2d 377 (2004)

209 Ill.2d 137

282 Ill.Dec. 753

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Richard MORRIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

March 18, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, Allen H. Andrews, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellant.

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

Chief Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Richard Morris, was convicted of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1) (West 1994)), aggravated vehicular hijacking (720 ILCS 5/18-4(a)(3) (West 1994)), and aggravated kidnapping (720 ILCS 5/10-2(a)(3) (West 1994)). At a subsequent death penalty hearing, the same jury found defendant eligible for the death penalty and further...

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