People v. Gacho

JUSTICE "WARD

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendant, Robert Gacho, was convicted of the murder, aggravated kidnapping and armed robbery of Aldo Fratto and Tullio Infelise. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, pars. 9 — 1(a)(1), 10 — 2(a)(3), 18 — 2(a).) The trial court had granted a pretrial motion to sever the defendant’s trial from that of his codefendants, Joseph Sorrentino and Dino Titone. After the jury found the defendant guilty of the above charges, he elected to have the same jury sit in judgment at the death penalty…