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accused admissibility of evidence alleged appeal denied armed robbery bodily harm burden of proof capital murder capital sentencing hearing cause of death certiorari denied 115 charged closing argument codefendant committed crime criminal dant dant's Death penalty statute deceased defense counsel dence denial of post-conviction denied 115 S.Ct discretion dismissal of post-conviction Dist dying declaration elements of offense evidence that defendant F.Supp felony murder felony-murder fendant first-degree murder guilty habeas corpus denied Harmless error hearsay homicide Ill.Dec Illinois improper indictment instructions jurors jury lesser included offense ment mitigating factors motive murder defendant murder prosecution murder trial murder victim nature and elements nied photographs plain error post-conviction relief affirmed prejudicial prior prosecution for murder reasonable doubt rehearing denied relevant reversible error self-defense sentence and punishment shooting shot state's statement sufficiency of evidence testified testimony tion trial court voir dire voluntary manslaughter weapon weight and sufficiency witness