PEOPLE v. BRANCH

No. 82-2768.

123 Ill. App.3d 245 (1984)

462 N.E.2d 868

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TIMMY BRANCH, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed April 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick F. Cohn and Robert G. Freeman, both of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat, Jane E. Liechty, and Maureen A. Dahlke, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE SULLIVAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of murder and sentenced to a term of 40 years. On appeal, he contends that (1) his arrest was made without probable cause; (2) the trial court coerced the guilty verdict (a) by making improper remarks, and (b) by giving a prejudicially inaccurate deadlock instruction to the jury; (3) his...

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