PEOPLE v. COLE

No. 55371.

91 Ill.2d 172 (1982)

435 N.E.2d 490

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. JAMES D. COLE, Sr., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 27, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield, and John A. Barra, State's Attorney, of Peoria (John X. Breslin and Terry A. Mertel, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Robert H. Rice, Stephen R. Rice, and Richard A. Aguirre, of Belleville, for appellees.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

On January 15, 1980, a three-count indictment was returned against defendants, James D. Cole, Sr., and James D. Cole, Jr. Count I of the indictment charged defendants with solicitation (to commit murder) in that they requested William Haley, a special agent for the Department of Law Enforcement, to murder Robert H. Jones. Count II of the indictment charged...

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