PEOPLE v. NIETO

Nos. 4-87-0060, 4-87-0129 cons.

162 Ill. App.3d 437 (1987)

515 N.E.2d 376

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SHARON NIETO, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed October 29, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Judith L. Libby, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Thomas J. Difanis, State's Attorney, of Urbana (Kenneth R. Boyle, Robert J. Biderman, and Gwendolyn W. Klinger, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE SPITZ delivered the opinion of the court:

On August 28, 1986, an indictment was filed charging Sharon Darlene Nieto with both the knowing and the intentional shooting death of Johnny Lee Willis which occurred on April 6, 1977, nine years earlier. Lee Albert Vine was also indicted with Nieto. Defendant Vine filed a motion for severance alleging the likelihood that he and Nieto would assert antagonistic defenses. Vine pleaded...

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