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People v. Ballard

Case Date: 12/31/1969
Court: Supreme Court
Docket No: 88885 Rel

Docket No. 88885, People v. Ballard (Il. S. Ct.) - Modified on Denial of Rehearing

Docket No. 88885-Agenda 32-May 2001.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v.
MARK BALLARD, Appellant.

Opinion filed August 29, 2002.-Modified Upon Denial of
Rehearing December 2, 2002.

JUSTICE FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial held in the circuit court of Du Page County, the trial judge found defendant, Mark Ballard, guilty of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a) (West 1996)); robbery (720 ILCS 5/18-1(a) (West 1996)); concealment of a homicidal death (720 ILCS 5/9-3.1(a) (West 1996)); unlawful possession of a stolen motor vehicle (625 ILCS 5/4-103(a)(1) (West 1996)); and armed robbery (720 ILCS 5/18-2(a) (West 1996)). After finding the defendant eligible for the death penalty and hearing aggravation and mitigation testimony at the subsequent sentencing hearing, the trial judge sentenced defendant to death for the first degree murder conviction. In addition, the trial judge imposed a 5-year sentence for the concealment of a homicidal death, a 7-year sentence for unlawful possession of a stolen motor vehicle, and a 60-year sentence for armed robbery; sentences to be served concurrently. The death sentence has been stayed pending direct appeal to this court. Ill. Const. 1970, art. VI,