PEOPLE v. CREACH

No. 51888.

79 Ill.2d 96 (1980)

402 N.E.2d 228

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. JOHN CREACH et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 28, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Donald B. Mackay and Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Marcia B. Orr, Joan S. Cherry and Richard Heytow, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Edward M. Genson, of Chicago (Jeffrey B. Steinbeck, of counsel), for appellee John Creach.

Patrick G. Reardon, of Chicago (Edward Burke Arnolds, of counsel), for appellee Thomas Ruppert.


Appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part; circuit court affirmed in part.

MR. JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The body of Dolores Irion was found at approximately 7 a.m. on September 25, 1973, lying near the CTA tracks in Evanston. She had died there as a result of receiving multiple stab and gunshot wounds. In connection therewith, defendants, John Creach and Thomas Ruppert, were charged...

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