ALBANESE v. ILLINOIS

No. 84-6154.

471 U.S. 1044 (1985)

ALBANESE v. ILLINOIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

April 15, 1985.


Certiorari denied.

JUSTICE MARSHALL, with whom JUSTICE BRENNAN joins, dissenting.

Petitioner Charles Albanese was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. On appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court, Albanese argued that the Illinois death penalty statute violated the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments because of the broad, post-trial discretion granted each of Illinois' 102 State's Attorneys on whether to seek the death penalty following a conviction for a capital...

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