People v. Wilson

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendant, Andrew Wilson, was convicted on two counts each of murder and armed robbery. The same jury sentenced the defendant to death for the murder convictions, and the trial judge imposed concurrent 30-year prison terms for the defendant’s armed-robbery convictions. The death sentence was stayed pending direct appeal to this court. Ill. Const. 1970, art. VI, sec. 4(b); 87 Ill. 2d Rules 603, 609(a).

The defendant’s convictions stem from an occurrence on February 9, 1982, in which two Chicago police officers were killed. At about…