PEOPLE v. THOMPKINS

No. 56977.

121 Ill.2d 401 (1988)

521 N.E.2d 38

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. WILLIE THOMPKINS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied April 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty and Paul P. Biebel, Jr., Public Defenders, and Karen A. Popek, Assistant Public Defender, of Chicago, for appellant, and Willie Thompkins, of Pontiac, appellant pro se.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Mark L. Rotert, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Joan S. Cherry, Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., and Donald P. Jonker, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

In an indictment returned in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant Willie Thompkins, Ronnie Moore, and Pamela Thompkins were charged with six counts of murder and felony murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, pars. 9-1(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3)) in connection with the deaths of Gerald Holton and Arthur Sheppard, two counts of armed robbery (Ill...

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