PEOPLE v. GRIFFIN

No. 76-303.

56 Ill. App.3d 255 (1977)

371 N.E.2d 1160

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHARLES GRIFFIN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied January 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Rosborough and Daniel M. Kirwan, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

Clyde L. Kuehn, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Bruce D. Irish, of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed and cause remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE CARTER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Charles Griffin, was charged by indictment filed in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County with the murder of Deborah Dobbins and Jerome Lawrence. On February 4, 1976, he was found guilty by a jury of voluntary manslaughter in the deaths of both victims. Upon the return of this verdict, the trial judge in open court directed that judgment was to be entered...

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