PEOPLE v. DEACON

No. 83-421.

130 Ill. App.3d 280 (1985)

473 N.E.2d 1354

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MICHAEL DEACON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed January 28, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Callum, of Callum, Anderson & Deitsch, of Wheaton, for appellant.

J. Michael Fitzsimmons, State's Attorney, of Wheaton (Barbara A. Preiner, Assistant State's Attorney, and Phyllis J. Perko and Cynthia N. Schneider, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE SCHNAKE delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Michael Deacon, was convicted of the murder of George Christo, Jr. The defendant was subsequently sentenced to a 55-year term of imprisonment. He appeals, raising numerous contentions of error involving the pretrial, trial, and sentencing stages of the proceedings below.

The defendant was tried together with Leonard Stocki, who also was charged...

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