PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 79-2344.

109 Ill. App.3d 120 (1982)

440 N.E.2d 261

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EARL JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed September 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (John T. Keefe and James H. Reddy, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

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


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE McGILLICUDDY delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Earl Jones, was convicted at a bench trial of the murders of his wife and two-year-old stepdaughter. He was sentenced to two concurrent terms of 50 to 100 years' imprisonment.

On appeal, the defendant argues that he was not proved sane beyond a reasonable doubt and that the trial court erred in failing to order fitness hearings at the preliminary hearing and...

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