People v. Bull
Case Date: 12/31/1969
Court: Supreme Court
Docket No: 81578
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People v. Bull (Ill. S.Ct.) Docket No. 81578-Agenda 2-March 1998. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. DONALD BULL, Appellant.CHIEF JUSTICE FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court: Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Fulton County, defendant, Donald Bull, was convicted of the first degree murder of Donna Tompkins and her daughter, Justine, the concealment of their homicidal deaths, and the aggravated arson of their home. See 720 ILCS 5/9-1(a), 9-3.1(a), 20-1.1(a)(1) (West 1992). Defendant chose to have the trial judge determine his sentence. At a separate sentencing hearing, the trial judge found defendant to be eligible for the death penalty and further determined that there were no mitigating circumstances sufficient to preclude the imposition of that sentence. Accordingly, the trial judge sentenced defendant to death on the murder convictions, to a consecutive five-year prison term on the homicidal death convictions, and to a 30-year prison term on the aggravated arson conviction, consecutive to the death penalty and concurrent with the other prison term. The death sentence has been stayed pending direct review by this court. Ill. Const. 1970, art. VI, |