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PEOPLE v. GIBSON

No. 66245.

136 Ill.2d 362 (1990)

556 N.E.2d 226

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. SHERMAN GIBSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 30, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Schiedel, Deputy Defender, of Springfield, and Steven Clark, Assistant Defender, of Chicago, both of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Sherman Gibson, of Pontiac, appellant pro se.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Robert J. Ruiz, Solicitor General, and Terence M. Madsen and David E. Bindi, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Will County, the defendant, Sherman Gibson, was convicted of murder. The defendant waived his right to a jury for purposes of a capital sentencing hearing, and the trial judge sentenced the defendant to death. The defendant's execution was stayed pending direct review by this court. Ill. Const...

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