Court Opinion

ID: 9524576
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 02:54:28.283514+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:11:06.232880
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE SIMON, concurring in part and dissenting in part. I concur in the majority’s decision to uphold the conviction. 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, 549 (Simon, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part), I believe that the Illinois death penalty statute is unconstitutional and that the death sentence in this case should be vacated.