People v. Stack

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Richard Stack, was convicted of the May 11, 1980, murder of his wife and 13-month-old son and then sentenced to concurrent terms of life imprisonment. This was defendant’s third trial. Previously, this court reversed defendant’s first conviction on several grounds and remanded for a new trial. People v. Stack, 128 Ill. App. 3d 611 (1984) (opinion of Buckley, J., with Campbell, J., dissenting) (Stack P). The State appealed the appellate panel’s decision, and the Illinois Supreme Court affirmed this court’s opinion in part…