PEOPLE v. COLE

No. 76-59.

50 Ill. App.3d 133 (1977)

365 N.E.2d 133

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES FLOYD COLE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing allowed and opinion modified July 8, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Rosborough, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, and Theodore A. Gottfried, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

William Kelly, State's Attorney, of Vandalia (Bruce D. Irish and Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., both of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

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

Following a jury trial, defendant James Cole was found guilty of two counts of murder, two counts of concealment of homicidal death, and one count of obstruction of justice. The court sentenced him to 14 to 28 years on each count of murder, from two to six years on each count of concealment of a homicidal death, and from one to three years for obstruction...

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