People v. Burgess
Case Date: 12/31/1969
Court: Supreme Court
Docket No: 79162
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the filing of the opinion to request a rehearing. Also, opinions are subject to modification, correction or withdrawal at anytime prior to issuance of the mandate by the Clerk of the Court. Therefore, because the following slip opinion is being made available prior to the Court's final action in this matter, it cannot be considered the final decision of the Court. The official copy of the following opinion will be published by the Supreme Court's Reporter of Decisions in the Official Reports advance sheets following final action by the Court. Docket No. 79162--Agenda 2--January 1997. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. RAYMOND BURGESS, Appellant. Opinion filed April 24, 1997. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court: The defendant, Raymond Burgess, was convicted of first degree murder and aggravated battery of a child following a jury trial in the circuit court of Henry County. At a separate sentencing hearing the same jury found the defendant eligible for the death penalty and further determined that there were no mitigating circumstances sufficient to preclude imposition of that sentence. The defendant was accordingly sentenced to death for his conviction for first degree murder, and he received a sentence of 30 years' imprisonment for the aggravated battery conviction. The defendant's execution has been stayed pending direct review of the case by this court. Ill. Const. 1970, art. VI, 4(b); 134 Ill. 2d Rs. 603, 609(a). The evidence presented at trial may be stated briefly. The defendant brought the victim, 3 |