PEOPLE v. MENDIOLA

No. 85-3456.

171 Ill. App.3d 936 (1988)

526 N.E.2d 172

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JUAN MENDIOLA, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed May 17, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Jay Green and John M. Cutrone, both of Chicago, for appellant.

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


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE PINCHAM delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant, Juan Mendiola, was convicted of murder and sentenced to a prison term of 33 years. The sole issue at trial was the authenticity of the identification of the defendant as the driver of the car from which the unknown passenger shot and killed Anthony Krause. On appeal, defendant contends for reversal that the evidence failed to establish beyond a reasonable...

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