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- Title: People State Illinois v. Carl Earl Lawson
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 01, 1994
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 88 KB
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JUSTICE FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court: Defendant, Carl Earl Lawson, was indicted for the first degree murder
of eight-year-old Terrance K. Jones by the grand jury of St. Clair County. Following a jury trial, defendant was found guilty
and convicted of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(1)). He subsequently waived jury sentencing and was sentenced
to death based on several statutory aggravating factors (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 9-1(b)(7)). Defendant's death
sentence was stayed (134 Ill. 2d R. 609(a)), pending direct review by this court (Ill. Const. 1970, art. VI, § 4(b);
134 Ill. 2d R. 603). After careful review, we reverse and remand for retrial based on a finding of reversible trial error. FACTUAL BACKGROUND