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PEOPLE v. NELSON

No. 105340.

922 N.E.2d 1056 (2009)

235 Ill.2d 386

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Brian NELSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

December 17, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, and Steven L. Clark, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, James Glasgow, State's Attorney, Joliet (Michael A. Scodro, Solicitor General, and Michael M. Glick and Karl R. Triebel, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

OPINION

Justice GARMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

Following a jury trial in October 2006, in the circuit court of Will County, defendant, Brian Nelson, was convicted of 16 counts of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3) (West 2002)), four counts of home invasion (720 ILCS 5/12-11(a)(1) (West 2002)), and four counts of aggravated arson (720 ILCS 5/20-1.1(a)(1) (West 2002)). The jury found death to be the appropriate...

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