People v. Burrows

The defendant, Joe Burrows, was indicted, along with Ralph Frye and Gayle Potter, by an Iroquois County grand jury for the murder and armed robbery of an 88-year-old man, William Dulin (Dulin). Defendant’s motion for severance was allowed, and after his first trial resulted in a mistrial, he was retried and a jury found him guilty of murder and armed robbery. At his sentencing hearing, defendant waived his right to a jury and the court sentenced him to death. Defendant’s death sentence was stayed (134 Ill. 2d R. 609(a)) pending direct review by this court (Ill. Const. 1970, art. VI, §4(b);…