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PEOPLE v. SMITH

Nos. 104685, 105575.

906 N.E.2d 529 (2009)

233 Ill.2d 1

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Leratio SMITH, Appellee. The People of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Adam Titus, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

April 2, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (James Fitzgerald, Annette Collins, Veronica Calderon Malavia, Whitney Bond and Alan J. Spellberg, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People in No. 104685.

Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defender, Christopher W. Buckley, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, Brianne Lannon, law student, for appellee in No. 104685.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (James Fitzgerald, Annette Collins, Alan J. Spellberg, Veronica Calderon Malavia, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People in No. 105575.

Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defender, Katherine M. Donahoe, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellee in No. 105575.

OPINION

Justice BURKE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

In the consolidated cases on appeal, we are asked to decide whether a trial court must provide the jury with separate verdict forms when a defendant who is charged with multiple counts of murder based on the various mental states (knowing, intentional, and felony murder) asks for separate verdict forms.

In the cases at bar, defendants were each charged with intentional murder...

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