PEOPLE v. KASHNEY

Nos. 61310, 61342.

111 Ill.2d 454 (1986)

490 N.E.2d 688

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ROLAND J. KASHNEY, Appellant. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. DAVID LEE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied April 1, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Frank P. Madea, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), 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, Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., and Richard A. Stevens, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

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, Michael E. Shabat, Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., and Richard A. Stevens, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Steven Clark and Patricia Unsinn, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed. Affirmed and remanded.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

In cause No. 61310, defendant, Roland Kashney, was found guilty of the murder of Benjamin Peck by a jury in the circuit court of Cook County and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 30 nor more than 60 years. Defendant appealed his conviction to the appellate court raising numerous errors at trial. Chief among these errors was a claim that the prosecution...

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