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577 F.3d 1234 (2009) Gary JUNE; Scott June, individually and on behalf of the deceased Yvonne June; Gene Lynn, individually and on behalf of the deceased, Lucille Lynn; Alva Ford, on behalf of the deceased, Phyllis Weyant; Randy Porter; Barbara Meyers, on behalf of the deceased, Minnie Dale Woods; Robert Snow; Phyllis Wilma Davis; Joseph Vigil; E. Louise Watts; Junelle Weatherly; Isabelle Wooden; Cherie Zuspan; Daisy Arnold; Beverly Bates; Valerie Bogdan

Andersen, C.J. Michael Furman appeals his aggravated first degree murder conviction and death sentence. We affirm the conviction, vacate the death sentence, and remand for resentencing. *444Facts of Case Eighty-five-year-old Ann Presler was . brutally murdered in her home on April 27, 1989. A friend found her body the next morning

786 F.Supp. 1340 (1992) Lynne ALBER, Herman Alber, Amy Alber, Ron Alber, Cameron Alber and Joshua Alber, Plaintiffs, v. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, William Murphy, Glenn J. Grzonka, Reginald Richardson, Ralph Travis, Protection & Advocacy, Inc., Zena Naiditch, Michael Richardson, National Heritage, Inc., Charles A. Osborn, Jr., Herlinda Martinez Monaco, National Heritage Realty, Inc. and Mary Ann Guttm

Willis, Circuit Judge, (after stating the facts). — We shall discuss the assignments of error in the reverse order from that in which they are presented for the reason that *370if the demurrer should be held sufficient, it would be decisive of the cáse without reference to the other assignments. Where a demurrer is filed, some of the grounds of

Bicknell, C. C. Catharine Brenner brought this suit against the appellants, claiming the undivided one-third of certain real estate of which her deceased husband, Conrad M. Brenner, had been seized during their coverture. There was a special finding of facts by the court, with conclusions of law. There was no objection to the finding, but the plaintiff excepted to the conclusions of law. Judgment was rendered upon the finding in

Buskirk, J. —The record in this cause presents for our consideration and decision two questions; the one involves a question of practice, and the other the merits of the cause. The complaint was in two paragraphs. The first alleged that the appellant, on the 17th day of April, 1865, sold and delivered to the appellees, at their warehouse, in the town of Cicero, in the county of Hamilton, and State of Indiana,

Parker, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court. The objection made to the verdict in this case is, that the plaintiffs, although owners of the locus in quo, and of the buildings, fences, &c., standing thereon, cannot maintain trespass for the injury done, because they were not in the actual possession at the time; but that, if they are entitled to any action, it should be case, and no

Stuart, J. Bill in chancery by sureties to enforce an alleged equitable estoppel. The bill alleges that Dickerson and John L. Shook were sureties, and David P. Shook principal, in a surplus revenue bond for the loan of 203 dollars, executed on the 11th of February, 1847, with interest payable in advance. The bond is stated to have been joint and several, but that the relati

Biddle, J. The complaint in this case alleges the following facts, to wit: The plaintiff, as administratrix of Joel Craig, deceased, late of said county, complains of the defendant, and says that said defendant and said Joel Ci*aig, in his lifetime, in Octo*562ber, 1840, entered into a copartnership, at said county, to carry on a general merchandising