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PEOPLE v. WOLFE

Nos. 84-0921, 84-1097 cons.

144 Ill. App.3d 843 (1986)

494 N.E.2d 670

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SAMUEL WOLFE et al., Defendants-Appellants.

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

Opinion filed May 27, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Jeffrey M. Howard, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant, Samuel Wolfe.

James B. Bell, of Chicago, for appellant Nathaniel Hart.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Joan S. Cherry and Mary Pat Butler, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial, defendants Samuel Wolfe and Nathaniel Hart were found guilty of murder and armed robbery and sentenced to concurrent sentences of 80 and 30 years. On appeal, they claim that the trial court abused its discretion in allowing each of them a total of only six peremptory challenges during voir dire examination of prospective jurors and in refusing to sever their...

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