People v. Tenney
Case Date: 12/31/1969
Court: Supreme Court
Docket No: 88208 Rel
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Docket No. 88208-Agenda 1-November 2001. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. Opinion filed April 18, 2002. JUSTICE FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court: Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Kane County,defendant, Edward Tenney, was convicted of the first degreemurder of Virginia Johannessen. See 720 ILCS 5/9-1(a) (West1992). At a separate sentencing hearing, the same jury founddefendant eligible for the death penalty and further determined thatthere were no mitigating circumstances sufficient to precludeimposition of that sentence. Accordingly, the trial court sentenceddefendant to death. That sentence has been stayed pending directreview by this court. Ill. Const. 1970, art. VI, |