PEOPLE v. CURTIS

No. 62428.

48 Ill. App.3d 375 (1977)

362 N.E.2d 1319

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. OSCAR CURTIS et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed April 26, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (James Reddy, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant Oscar Curtis.

Gordon Berry, of State Appellate Defender's Office, for appellant Louis L. Cokes.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Jeffrey C. Pattee, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.


Judgments affirmed, sentences vacated and cause remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE STAMOS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, Oscar Curtis and Louis L. Cokes, were charged by indictment with the offenses of murder and attempt murder in violation of sections 9-1 and 8-4 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, pars. 9-1, 8-4). Upon a joint jury trial both were found guilty as charged and judgments were entered on the verdicts. Defendant Curtis...

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