Legal Opinion
People v. Edwards
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided September 30, 1991No. 67434PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
Defendant, Daniel Edwards, and Nancy Rish were arrested on September 4, 1987, in connection with the kidnapping of Stephen Small. Late that evening, at approximately 10 p.m., defendant led police to Mr. Small’s body, buried in an underground box in a densely wooded area near his home in Kankakee, Illinois. The Kankakee County grand jury subsequently returned a 13-count indictment on October 1, 1987. Counts I, II and III charged defendant with first degree murder (111. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, pars. 9 — 1(a)(1) through (a)(3)) and counts IV through XIII charged defendant with aggravated…
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