People v. Daugherty

At a jury trial in the circuit court of Pike County the defendant, Randy Daugherty, and his codefendant, Clarence Hargis, were found guilty of the armed robbery and murder of Richard Dark. The defendant was sentenced to death for the murder and appeals directly to this court (87 Ill. 2d R. 603). Hargis was sentenced to a term of natural life and appealed to the appellate court. People v. Hargis (1983), 118 Ill. App. 3d 1064.

The prosecution’s case consisted of circumstantial evidence linking the defendant and Hargis to the robbery and murder of Dark. Members of Dark’s family testified that…