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PEOPLE v. FRIAS

No. 57585.

99 Ill.2d 193 (1983)

457 N.E.2d 1233

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. RUBEN FRIAS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 16, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan and Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorneys General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael B. Weinstein, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Michael E. Shabat, Joan S. Cherry, Bruce A. Cardello, and Sara Dillery Hynes, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Andrea D. Lyon, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

CHIEF JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Two armed men shot and killed Alfredo Torres on a street in Chicago on the evening of November 8, 1979, as he left his home to move his automobile which had been parked on the street. As a result of this killing, the defendant, Ruben Frias, was charged by information filed by the State's Attorney of Cook County with two counts of murder. One count was based on a violation of section...

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