People v. Peter

In this appeal the defendant, George Peter, Jr., contends that the sentence imposed upon him by the trial court is excessive, that it violates the limitation of penalties provision of article I, section 11 of the Constitution of Illinois and the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

A jury found Peter guilty of murder and his sentence was fixed at death. His conviction was affirmed (People v. Peter (1973), 55 Ill. 2d 443, 303 N.E.2d 398), but the death penalty was vacated because of the decision of the Supreme Court…