PEOPLE v. HOUSTON

No. 84-2732.

151 Ill. App.3d 102 (1986)

502 N.E.2d 1111

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ELTON HOUSTON et al., Defendants-Appellants.

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

Rehearing denied February 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Peters, of Chicago, for appellant Elton Houston.

Charles G. Murphy, of Chicago, for appellant Robert Brown.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., Rimas F. Cernius, and James E. Tyrrell, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Elton Houston appeals his conviction for murder by a jury, and Robert Brown appeals his conviction for murder by the court in a simultaneous trial before the same trial judge. Both were sentenced to 35 years' imprisonment. They jointly identify issues on appeal to include whether the circuit court erred in: (1) finding the police had probable cause to arrest each defendant, and (2) finding...

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