PEOPLE v. HOPE

No. 58462.

116 Ill.2d 265 (1986)

508 N.E.2d 202

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. EDGAR HOPE, JR., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed February 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, and Gary S. Rapaport and Robert E. Davison, all of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellant.

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 Joan S. Cherry and Peter D. Fischer, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment reversed; sentence vacated; cause remanded.

CHIEF JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Edgar Hope, Jr., and a codefendant, Alton Logan, were charged with murder, attempted murder and two counts of armed robbery stemming from an armed attack on two security guards in a McDonald's restaurant on Chicago's south side. Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, both defendants were found guilty of the charges...

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