PEOPLE v. NOLAN

No. 2-85-0651.

152 Ill. App.3d 260 (1987)

504 N.E.2d 205

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, DANNY K. NOLAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed February 5, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, and Charles M. Schiedel and Robert Seeder, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Robert J. Morrow, State's Attorney, of Geneva (William L. Browers and Martin P. Moltz, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE HOPF delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Danny K. Nolan, appeals from his conviction for murder. He was found guilty after a bench trial and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Nolan raises two issues on appeal: (1) that he was denied a fair trial because the court admitted evidence of his prearrest and post-arrest silence and allowed the prosecution to comment on that evidence during closing argument; (2) that he was...

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