Court Opinion

ID: 9523869
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 02:47:54.226781+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:08:23.083929
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE SIMON, concurring in part and dissenting in part: I agree that the convictions for murder should be affirmed in this case. However, for the reasons set forth in my separate opinions in People v. Lewis (1981), 88 Ill. 2d 129, 179 (Simon, J. dissenting), in People v. Silagy (1984), 101 Ill. 2d 147, 184 (Simon, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part), and in People v. Albanese (1984), 104 Ill. 2d 504, (Simon, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part), I believe that the Illinois death penalty statute is unconstitutional and that the death sentence should be vacated.