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PEOPLE v. TORRES

No. 62930.

368 N.E.2d 361 (1977)

53 Ill. App.3d 171

10 Ill.Dec. 766

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose TORRES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Supplemental Opinion On Denial of Rehearing October 12, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, Cook County, Chicago (Gail Moreland, Chicago, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Atty., Cook County, Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon, Larry L. Thompson, Kenneth T. McCurry, Asst. State's Attys., Chicago, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

SIMON, Presiding Justice:

A jury found Jose Torres guilty of the murder of Sandra Jean Johnson and Rose Mary Brown; he was sentenced to serve 100-300 years on each offense, the sentences to run concurrently. On appeal Torres contends: (i) he was denied a fair trial by the State's reference to conversations and prior statements designed to improperly bolster a weak witness, by the State's asking a police officer for disclosure of a statement the witness made implicating...

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