PEOPLE v. NUCCIO

No. 43820.

54 Ill.2d 39 (1973)

294 N.E.2d 276

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. RICHARD NUCCIO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 20, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES G. DEMOPOULOS, of Chicago (GEORGE B. COLLINS, JEFFREY SCHULMAN, and COLLINS & AMOS, of counsel), for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and EDWARD V. HANRAHAN, State's Attorney, of Chicago (JAMES B. ZAGEL and MORTON E. FRIEDMAN, Assistant Attorneys General, and ELMER C. KISSANE, MARK T. ZUBOR and JAMES R. TRUSCHKE, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Richard Nuccio, who was a Chicago police officer at the time of the events described in this appeal, has appealed directly to this court after his conviction for murder in the circuit court of Cook County.

He complains that reversible error was committed by the trial court in allowing the prosecution 13 peremptory challenges, contrary to the provisions of section 115-4(e) of the...

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