PEOPLE v. JACKSON

No. 53668.

84 Ill.2d 350 (1981)

418 N.E.2d 739

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. EARNEST JACKSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 18, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner and William J. Scott, Attorneys General, of Springfield, and Edward F. Petka, State's Attorney, of Joliet (John X. Breslin and Terry A. Mertel, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Thomas Lilien, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Earnest Jackson, was found guilty of two counts of armed robbery and one count of aggravated kidnapping by a jury in the Will County circuit court and sentenced to three concurrent 12-year terms. The appellate court reversed, one judge dissenting (84 Ill.App.3d 172), holding that rebuttal statements made by the prosecution...

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