PEOPLE v. LUMPKIN

No. 80-439.

105 Ill. App.3d 157 (1982)

433 N.E.2d 1369

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LaVERN LUMPKIN et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed April 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy E. Blue and John W. McGuire, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellants.

John Baricevic, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Martin N. Ashley and David J. Mullett, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants LaVerne and Lester Lumpkin were convicted of the offense of murder following a joint trial before a jury in the circuit court of St. Clair County. On appeal defendants contend that the trial court erred in denying their motions for mistrial after the prosecutor introduced, in the form of a leading question, prejudicial evidence which the prosecution had represented would not be...

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