People v. Dameron
Case Date: 12/31/1969
Court: Supreme Court
Docket No: 87443 Rel
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Docket No. 87443-Agenda 2-January 2001. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. TONY J. DAMERON, Appellant. Opinion filed May 24, 2001. JUSTICE FITZGERALD delivered the opinion of the court: Following a jury trial in the Kane County circuit court, thedefendant, Tony Dameron, was convicted of first degree murderfor killing his three-month-old daughter. The defendant waived hisright to a sentencing-phase jury, and the trial court found himeligible for the death penalty. The court then found no mitigatingcircumstances sufficient to preclude the death penalty andsentenced the defendant to death. That sentence has been stayedpending direct review by this court. Ill. Const. 1970, art. VI, |