PEOPLE v. KURENA

No. 79-214.

87 Ill. App.3d 771 (1980)

410 N.E.2d 277

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LARRY KURENA (Impleaded), Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Rehearing denied September 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner and Patricia Unsinn, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr, Mary Ellen Dienes, and Mark X. VanCura, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE McGLOON delivered the opinion of the court:

Larry Kurena and James Damron were charged by indictment with the murders of John Taylor and Emil Lauridson. After a separate jury trial, Kurena was found guilty of both murders and sentenced to the Illinois Department of Corrections for not less than 200 years nor more than 500 years. Kurena appeals.

On appeal Kurena contends that (1) the jury conducted improper experiments...

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