The PEOPLE v. Crews

The appellant, Veronica Crews, was found guilty of the murder of a two-year-old child after a bench trial in the circuit court of Kane County and sentenced to death. We affirmed the conviction on appeal (People v. Crews, 38 Ill.2d 331), but also found that the trial court had been influenced by materials improperly considered by it in the hearing in aggravation and mitigation. Since it could not be determined what sentence might otherwise have been imposed, we vacated the sentence of death and remanded the cause for resentencing. (38 Ill.2d at 339.) The trial court after a hearing resentenced…