PEOPLE v. MAYA

No. 59590.

105 Ill.2d 281 (1985)

473 N.E.2d 1287

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. GEORGE MAYA et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 23, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Mark L. Rotert, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Michael E. Shabat and David C. Kluever, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

James J. McGraw, of Jerome Kornfeld & Associates, P.C., of Chicago, for appellee Mario Maya.

Joseph A. Ettinger and Rick M. Schoenfield, of Ettinger & Schoenfield, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellee George Maya.


Judgment affirmed; cause remanded.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

George Maya and Mario Maya were indicted in the circuit court of Cook County for the illegal possession and delivery of cocaine and methaqualone. On the third day of their bench trial, the prosecution and defense had completed the presentation of evidence when the court called a recess in preparation for hearing closing arguments. When the court reconvened five minutes later...

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