Legal Opinion
People v. Smith
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided April 2, 2009No. 104685, 105575 consPublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burke
Chief Justice Fitzgerald and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Kilbride, Garman, and Karmeier concurred in the judgment and opinion.
OPINION
In the consolidated cases on appeal, we are asked to decide whether a trial court must provide the jury with separate verdict forms when a defendant who is charged with multiple counts of murder based on the various mental states (knowing, intentional, and felony murder) asks for separate verdict forms.
In the cases at bar, defendants were each charged with intentional murder, knowing murder, and felony murder, as well as the felony offenses underlying the…
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