PEOPLE v. DIXON

No. 80-946.

105 Ill. App.3d 340 (1982)

434 N.E.2d 369

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WENDELL BYRON DIXON, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed March 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chester Slaughter, of Chicago (Donald Hubert, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat, Kevin Sweeney, and Barbara A. Levin, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE MEJDA delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was convicted of two counts of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 9-1) in a jury trial and sentenced to a minimum of 30 years and a maximum of 90 years for each count to run concurrently. Defendant appeals.

Defendant raises six issues on appeal: (1) whether the court erred in failing to suppress his confession; (2) whether the State's use of its peremptory jury challenges...

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