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PEOPLE v. WHITEHEAD

No. 59050.

116 Ill.2d 425 (1987)

508 N.E.2d 687

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JOHN E. WHITEHEAD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Modified on denial of rehearing June 5, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, and Gary S. Rapaport, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Roma J. Stewart, Solicitor General, and Mark L. Rotert and Terence M. Madsen, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed, as modified.

JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, John Whitehead, was convicted of murder and aggravated kidnaping (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, pars. 9-1, 10-2) in July 1983, following a jury trial in the circuit court of Grundy County. The defendant waived his right to a jury for purposes of a death penalty hearing, and a sentence of death was imposed by the circuit judge. The defendant's execution was stayed...

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