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PEOPLE v. BITAKIS

No. 55005.

8 Ill. App.3d 103 (1972)

289 N.E.2d 256

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN BITAKIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

October 24, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry J. Busch and Patrick A. Tuite, both of Chicago, for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (Robert A. Novelle and Themis N. Karnezis, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE LEIGHTON delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was charged with murder. A jury found him guilty. He was sentenced to serve 15 to 25 years. The issue dispositive of this appeal is whether he was deprived of a fair trial by the closing argument an assistant State's Attorney made to the jury.

On March 4, 1969, because they were estranged, defendant's wife, Eugenia Bitakis, and their two children were living with...

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