PEOPLE v. GRIFFIN

No. 82-319.

124 Ill. App.3d 169 (1984)

463 N.E.2d 1063

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LEE OTIS GRIFFIN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed May 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Hoffman, of Ripplinger, Dixon & Hoffman, of Belleville, for appellant.

John Baricevic, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Stephen E. Norris and Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE KARNS delivered the opinion of the court:

Lee Otis Griffin and Jimmie Lee Smith were convicted by a jury of three counts of murder and one count of armed violence. Griffin was sentenced to three concurrent terms of 40 years for the murder convictions and one concurrent term of 30 years for the armed violence conviction. Smith was sentenced to three concurrent life terms and one concurrent term for 60 years. Smith and Griffin...

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