PEOPLE v. COLON

No. 77-336.

69 Ill. App.3d 1021 (1979)

387 N.E.2d 956

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CARLOS FRANK COLON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed March 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Will, Jr., of Waukegan, for appellant.

Dennis P. Ryan, State's Attorney, of Waukegan (Phyllis J. Perko and Jan Tuckerman, of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE WOODWARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Carlos Frank Colon (defendant), along with Benel Lopez and Jose Ramos were charged in a six-count indictment with the murder of Michael Rivera; Melvin Lopez, Benel's brother, was also charged with Rivera's murder under a separate indictment. The charges against Ramos were dropped in exchange for testifying for the State against his former co-defendants. Following a jury trial in which...

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