PEOPLE v. RIVERA

Nos. 84-2258, 84-2740 cons.

145 Ill. App.3d 609 (1986)

495 N.E.2d 1088

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EDWARDO RIVERA et al., Defendants-Appellants.

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

Rehearing denied July 15, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Marc Fogelman, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant Edwardo Rivera.

Steven Clark and Michael Peletier, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant Pedro Muniz.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Joan S. Cherry and Timothy W. Heath, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE SCARIANO delivered the opinion of the court:

Pedro Muniz and Edwardo Rivera, defendants-appellants herein, were charged by indictment with the offenses of murder and armed violence. These charges arose from the April 23, 1983, shooting death of William Concepcion at his residence in Chicago. The trial court granted a defense motion to sever the prosecutions, resulting in simultaneous...

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