People v. Eddmonds

In a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Durlyn' Eddmonds, was convicted of murder and deviate sexual assault. Pursuant to section 9 — 1(d) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1(d)) the State requested a death penalty hearing. The court, sitting without a jury, found that there were present one or more of the aggravating factors set forth in section 9 — 1(b) and that there were no mitigating factors sufficient to preclude a sentence of death. (See Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1(d).) The court sentenced defendant to death on…