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PEOPLE v. KUCALA

No. 56489.

7 Ill. App.3d 1029 (1972)

288 N.E.2d 622

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LYNN J. KUCALA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

September 29, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond J. Smith, of Chicago, for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (James B. Zagel, Assistant Attorney General, and Robert A. Novelle and Lawrence Brodsky, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Lynn J. Kucala was found guilty of murder after a jury trial and was sentenced to a term of 20 to 40 years. He had been indicted together with Gerald Morrissey, Leroy Dowling, Thomas Millard, Terry May and Donald McCaw for the murder of Herman A. Harris. On the State's motion, he was severed from the other indictees and was tried alone.

On appeal, defendant...

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