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PEOPLE v. JACKSON

No. 48704.

69 Ill.2d 252 (1977)

371 N.E.2d 602

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. DERRICK JACKSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 30, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Montgomery, of Chicago, for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Jayne A. Carr, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Laurence J. Bolon, and James S. Veldman, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE DOOLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Derrick Jackson, was tried by a jury in Cook County on a charge of armed robbery, found guilty, and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of four years to four years and one day.

The circuit court held unconstitutional a 1975 amendment to section 115-4(f) of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 relating to the voir dire examination of prospective jurors (Ill...

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