People v. Ramey

The defendant, Irving Ramey, was indicted along with Joe Gant by a Cook County grand jury for, inter alia, the murder of Derrick Quincy Wilkinson. Defendant was tried separately and a jury found him guilty of murdering Wilkinson and of committing the following additional offenses: home invasion, aggravated unlawful restraint, and possession of a stolen motor vehicle. He was sentenced to death on the murder charge; to 60 years for home invasion, to 6 years for aggravated unlawful restraint, and to 7 years for possession of a stolen motor vehicle. The death sentence was stayed (134 Ill. 2d R.…