PEOPLE v. CRUZ

No. 61678.

121 Ill.2d 321 (1988)

521 N.E.2d 18

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ROLANDO CRUZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied April 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, and Timothy M. Gabrielsen and John J. Hanlon, Assistant Defenders, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Roma Jones Stewart, Solicitor General, and Mark L. Rotert and Scott Graham, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

An indictment returned in the circuit court of Du Page County charged Rolando Cruz (defendant), Alejandro Hernandez, and Steven Buckley with the murder of 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, pars. 9-1(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3)), rape (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 11-1(a)), deviate sexual assault (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 11-3(a)), aggravated indecent...

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