PEOPLE v. SEALS

No. 84-3041.

153 Ill. App.3d 417 (1987)

505 N.E.2d 1107

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DISBY SEALS, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Rehearing denied March 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Nicolette Katsivalis and Ronald P. Alwin, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., Paula M. Carstensen, and Kathryn A. Gallanis, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed in part and cause remanded.

JUSTICE HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant appeals his convictions for voluntary manslaughter and aggravated battery and his concurrent sentences of 15 years' imprisonment for manslaughter and 5 years' imprisonment for aggravated battery. He raises as issues whether: (1) the circuit court erred in not finding that the State's use of peremptory challenges improperly excluded black jurors because...

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