People v. Eddmonds

The defendant, Durlyn Eddmonds, was convicted of murder and deviate sexual assault following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County. At the death penalty hearing requested by the State, the court, sitting without a jury, determined that one or more .of the aggravating factors set forth in section 9 — 1(b) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1(b)) was present and that there were no mitigating factors sufficient to preclude a sentence of death. The court sentenced the defendant to death for the murder conviction and to 40 to 80 years’ imprisonment for…