People v. Owens

In a jury trial in the circuit court of Will County, defendant, Robin Wayne Owens, was convicted of the murder of George Kallai. At the death penalty hearing requested by the State pursuant to section 9 — 1(d) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1(d)), defendant was sentenced to death by electrocution. The trial court stayed imposition of the sentence (87 Ill. 2d R. 609(a)) pending direct appeal to this court. Ill. Const. 1970, art. VI, sec. 4(b); Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 9 — l(i); 87 Ill. 2d R. 603.

Testimony from various Kankakee and Joliet police…