Legal Opinion
People v. Keene
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided November 2, 1995No. 76329PublishedCited by 326 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Freeman
A Stephenson County jury convicted William Keene of armed robbery and murder and sentenced him to death. In this direct appeal (720 ILCS 5/9 — l(i) (West 1992); 134 Ill. 2d R. 606), we affirm the convictions and sentence.
BACKGROUND
Evidence showed that Keene and two others, Larry Ehlers and Michael Hoover, planned to rob Bob Peters’ gun shop in Freeport, Illinois. On November 11, 1992, the three left Andrea Krueger’s home in Tinley Park, Illinois, travelling to Freeport in a rented vehicle. They spent the night in a motel room which Ehlers had registered for under an alias.
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2Cases cited52 opinions
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- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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- Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
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