PEOPLE v. MUELLER

No. 61519.

109 Ill.2d 378 (1985)

488 N.E.2d 523

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. NEIL MUELLER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied February 4, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexandra de Saint Phalle, of Londrigan, Potter & Randle, P.C., and J.H. Weiner, of Springfield, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Jill-Wine Banks, Solicitor General, and Mark L. Rotert and Joan G. Fickinger, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

On April 17, 1982, defendant, Neil Mueller, shot and killed Art Pierson and his son, Roscoe, while on defendant's brother's farm in Scott County. Immediately following the shootings, defendant hoisted the bodies into his truck; he then picked up a pistol and a chainsaw that the Piersons had been carrying and placed them in the Piersons' truck which he found near the scene of the shooting...

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