PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

Nos. 83-2410, 84-0545 cons.

150 Ill. App.3d 1075 (1986)

502 N.E.2d 304

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DARRYL JOHNSON et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Opinion filed December 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Jeffrey M. Howard and Frank P. Medea, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellants.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Joan S. Cherry, Peter D. Fischer, and Mark F. Smolens, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a trial before a dual jury, defendants Darryl Johnson and Reginald White were found guilty of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)), and sentenced to terms of 35 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. On appeal both defendants contend that the trial court erred in coercing two witnesses to testify by finding them in contempt of court for exercising their...

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