People v. Lenius

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that intent to kill can be shown by evidence of the “character of the assault and the use of a deadly weapon”
• defendant found death eligible under section 9-1(b)(11) after murdering the victim with a complex, homemade bomb
• defendant found death eligible under section 9 — l(b)(ll) after murdering the victim with a complex, homemade bomb
• “Under the doctrine of transferred intent, a defendant’s intent to kill the intended victim is transferred to the actual victim”
• defendant found death eligible under section 9–1(b)(11) after murdering the victim with a complex, homemade bomb
• “The failure of the trial court to ask a defendant if he wished to make a statement is a technical error which does not require reversal.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).