People v. Perez

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Will County, Domingo Perez, an inmate in the Illinois correctional system, was convicted of the murder of a fellow inmate, Richard Cook. Pursuant to section 9 — 1(d) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (111. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1(d)), the State requested a death penalty hearing, which was held before the same jury that convicted defendant. The jury first found a statutory aggravating factor (111. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1(b)(2)) and then concluded there were no mitigating factors sufficient to preclude a sentence of death (111.…