PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 83-2000.

129 Ill. App.3d 368 (1984)

472 N.E.2d 818

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROBERT JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Rehearing denied January 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Clark and Karen Michels, both of the State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat, Frank G. Zelezinski, and Robert J. Prendergast, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE PERLIN delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1977, Robert Jones (defendant) was convicted of the murders of Samuel and Campbell Thompson and sentenced to a term of 100 to 300 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Defendant's convictions and sentence were affirmed by this court in his direct appeal (People v. Jones (1980), 84 Ill.App.3d 896, 406 N...

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