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PEOPLE v. NURSE

No. 83-2498.

131 Ill. App.3d 590 (1985)

475 N.E.2d 1000

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOSEPH A. NURSE et al., Defendants-Appellants.

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

Opinion filed March 1, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Georgeen M. Carson, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellants.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat, Timothy J. Joyce, and Brian S. Crowley, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE MEJDA delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendants Joseph A. Nurse and Curtis Johnson were found guilty of armed robbery. Nurse was sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment; Johnson was sentenced to 12 years. Defendants appeal, contending that: (1) the prosecution's use of peremptory challenges to systematically exclude black jurors deprived defendants...

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