People v. Nieves
Case Date: 12/31/1969
Court: Supreme Court
Docket No: 83670
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Docket No. 83670-Agenda 3-September 1999. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. HECTOR NIEVES, Appellant. Opinion filed January 21, 2000. JUSTICE HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court: Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant Hector Nieves was convicted of first degree murder.The same jury found defendant eligible for the death penalty based on his having been convicted of two murders. After thejury found that no mitigating circumstances existed sufficient to preclude imposition of the death penalty, the court enteredjudgment on the jury's finding and sentenced defendant to death. Defendant's sentence has been stayed pending directreview by this court. Ill. Const. 1970, art. VI, |