PEOPLE v. SPREITZER

No. 63423.

123 Ill.2d 1 (1988)

525 N.E.2d 30

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. EDWARD SPREITZER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 31, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, of Springfield, and Charles Hoffman, Assistant Appellate Defender, of Chicago, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Roma Jones Stewart, Solicitor General, and Terence M. Madsen and Scott Graham, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed as modified.

JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

Together with codefendants Andrew and Thomas Kokoraleis, the defendant, Edward Spreitzer, was indicted in the circuit court of Du Page County for the knowing murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(2)) and aggravated kidnapping (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 10-2(a)(3)) of Linda Sutton. The circuit court granted the defendant's motion for a severance and accepted...

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