People v. Stiedl

Docket No. 80341–Agenda 4–March 1997.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. GORDON “RANDY” STEIDL, Appellant.

Opinion filed September 18, 1997.

Defendant, Gordon “Randy” Steidl, and codefendant, Her­bert Whitlock, were indicted for the murders of Dyke and Karen Rhoads. Defendant's case was severed from Whitlock's. Following a jury trial, defendant was found guilty of both murders. The jury found defendant eligible for the death penalty and that there were no mitigating factors suffi­cient to preclude a sentence of death. Defendant was sentenced to death and his sentence and…