Illinois Supreme Court· 12/17/1982

People v. Tiller

Citations

447 N.E.2d 174
94 Ill. 2d 303
68 Ill. Dec. 916
1982 Ill. LEXIS 402

How courts have described this case

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holding no abuse of discretion in admitting “gory” evidence of other offense; “[t]he evidence was gruesome because the crime was gruesome”
disapproving prosecutor’s characterization of defendant as an animal and his comparison of the crime to the Nazi holocaust
disapproving prosecutor's characterization of defendant as an animal and his comparison of the crime to the Nazi holocaust
prosecutor referred to defendant as an animal and compared the crime to the Nazi holocaust
error for State’s Attorney to characterize three murders as a holocaust, similar to the Nazi Holocaust depicted in a television show broadcast the night before
defendant not shown to have planned or participated in killings, so under Enmund death sentences must be vacated

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Judges: Goldenhersh, Moran, Ryan

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