People v. Lewis

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Cinque Lewis, was convicted of murder (111. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1(a)(2)) and armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 18 — 2(a)). Thereafter, the same jury found defendant eligible for the death penalty and, further, that there were no mitigating facts sufficient to preclude death. Defendant was sentenced to death on the murder conviction and to a term of 30 years’ imprisonment for the armed robbery conviction.

Defendant appealed directly to this court (Ill. Const. 1970, art. VI, § 4(b); Ill. Rev.…