PEOPLE v. COBB

No. 52944, 53038 cons.

97 Ill.2d 465 (1983)

455 N.E.2d 31

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. PERRY COBB et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 4, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore A. Gottfried, State Appellate Defender, and Steven Clark, Deputy Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellant Perry Cobb.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Marc Fogelberg, of counsel), for appellant Darby Williams.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat, Joan S. Cherry, Michele A. Grimaldi, and Bruce A. Cardello, Assistant State's Attorneys, all of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Helene M. Kardell, of Schiff, Hardin & Waite, of Chicago, for amici curiae the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression et al.


Reversed and remanded.

CHIEF JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Perry Cobb and Darby Williams were jointly tried by jury in the circuit court of Cook County for the armed robbery and murder of Melvin Kanter and Charles Guccion. The first and second trials ended in hung juries. At the third trial, the jury found Cobb and Williams guilty of both crimes, and they were sentenced to 30 to 60 years' imprisonment for armed robbery. Pursuant to section...

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