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PEOPLE v. ODLE

No. 72371.

601 N.E.2d 732 (1992)

151 Ill.2d 168

176 Ill.Dec. 34

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Thomas V. ODLE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

October 1, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard B. Eisenberg, Little Rock, Ark., James E. Elmore, Elmore and Reid, Springfield, for appellant.

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield (Rosalyn Kaplan, Sol. Gen., and Terence M. Madsen and Karen Alice Kloppe, Asst. Attys. Gen., of counsel), for the People.

Justice HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Thomas V. Odle, was convicted of the brutal murders of his father, mother, two brothers, and a sister in their family residence located in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, on November 8, 1985. A jury rejected defendant's insanity defense and found him guilty of all five murders. The defendant waived a jury at sentencing, and the trial court found the defendant eligible for the death penalty. After hearing evidence...

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