PEOPLE v. ZAYAS

No. 84-1400.

159 Ill. App.3d 554 (1987)

510 N.E.2d 1125

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FERNANDO ZAYAS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Rehearing denied July 21, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Adam and John DeLeon, both of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Joan S. Cherry and Kenneth T. McCurry, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

On appeal from his jury trial conviction on three counts of murder, defendant Fernando Zayas seeks a new trial based on the following contentions: (1) the jurors were improperly questioned concerning their views on the death penalty; (2) the State improperly utilized its peremptory challenges to exclude one Hispanic and 14 out of 15 blacks from the jury; (3) in opening argument the State...

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