People v. Strickland

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendant, Tyrone Strickland, was convicted of murder and of several related offenses. At a separate sentencing hearing, the trial judge found the defendant eligible for the death penalty on the ground that the murder victim was a police officer killed in the line of duty. (See Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1(b)(1).) The judge found no mitigating circumstances sufficient to preclude imposition of the death penalty and accordingly sentenced the defendant to death. The judge sentenced the defendant to terms of…