Legal Opinion
People v. Runge
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided September 28, 2009No. 103529PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Karmeier
Chief Justice Fitzgerald and Justices Thomas and Garman concurred in the judgment and opinion.
Justice Burke dissented, with opinion, joined by Justices Freeman and Kilbride.
OPINION
Defendant, Paul Runge, was indicted in the circuit court of Cook County for the first degree murders of Yolanda Gutierrez and Jessica Muniz. See 720 ILCS 5/9— 1(a) (West 1996). The State filed notice of intent to seek the death penalty. A jury subsequently convicted defendant of both murders. Thereafter, the jury found defendant eligible for the death penalty on eight statutory grounds. After considering evidence in…
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