PEOPLE v. RHOADS

No. 80-2464.

110 Ill. App.3d 1107 (1982)

443 N.E.2d 673

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DAVID RHOADS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed December 10, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (John Lanahan, Assistant Public Defender, and David Barish, law student, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat, Joel A. Stein, and Michael J. Kelly, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant David Rhoads was accused of killing his wife Vickie, and he was convicted upon retrial (see People v. Rhoads (1979), 73 Ill.App.3d 288), of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)) and arson (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 20-1) after a trial by jury.

The crucial issue of fact at trial was whether defendant...

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