PEOPLE v. BANKS

Nos. 62815, 63179, 63352.

121 Ill.2d 36 (1987)

520 N.E.2d 617

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. RAYMOND BANKS, Appellant. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. BOOKER T. BLAKES, Appellant. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. RICHARD DuQUAINE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied April 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Banks, appellant pro se, and Theodore A. Gottfried, State Appellate Defender, and Patrick J. Hughes, Jr., both 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 Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., and Bonnie Meyer Sloan, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Frank W. Ralph, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Roma J. Stewart, Solicitor General, and Mark L. Rotert and Arleen C. Anderson, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, 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, Paula Carstensen, Bonnie Meyer Sloan, and Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Steven Clark, Deputy Defender, and Deborah Liebow, Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed. Judgment affirmed. Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

In People v. Banks, No. 62815, the defendant was convicted in the circuit court of Cook County of murder and multiple counts of attempted murder, attempted armed robbery and aggravated battery. On appeal, defendant was represented by the Cook County public defender's office. The appellate court reversed defendant's attempted...

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