PEOPLE v. SPIEZIO

Nos. 80-603, 80-604 cons.

105 Ill. App.3d 769 (1982)

434 N.E.2d 837

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MICHAEL SPIEZIO et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed April 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Robinson, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, and Robert E. Davison, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellants.

Fred Foreman, State's Attorney, of Waukegan (Phyllis J. Perko and Martin P. Moltz, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE NASH delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, Michael and Vito Spiezio, were jointly tried by jury and convicted of burglary, and they were thereafter sentenced to 7 and 14 year terms of imprisonment respectively. The primary issue which we consider on their consolidated appeal is whether the admission in evidence of unrelated criminal conduct by defendants requires a new trial.

Defendants were charged together...

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