PEOPLE v. TAYLOR

No. 58731.

102 Ill.2d 201 (1984)

464 N.E.2d 1059

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. DOROTHY TAYLOR et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 25, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Robert Guch and Robert P. Isaacson, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellees.


Appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part; circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendants, Dorothy and Andre Taylor, were convicted of murder and armed violence following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County and were given sentences of natural life imprisonment under section 5-8-1(a)(1)(c) of the Unified Code of Corrections (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1(a)(1)(c)). The appellate...

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