PEOPLE v. JAMES

No. 65049.

123 Ill.2d 523 (1988)

528 N.E.2d 723

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. DARRYL JAMES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied October 3, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Mark L. Rotert and Terence M. Madsen, Assistant Attorneys General, and Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., and Sharon Johnson Coleman, Assistant State's Attorneys, all of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Steven Clark and Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defenders, and Karen Michels and Martin Carlson, Assistant Appellate Defenders, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellee.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Darryl James, was convicted by a jury in the circuit court of Cook County of the murder of Gerilia Boyd and the attempted murder of Delbert Collins. The court sentenced the defendant to concurrent terms of 30 years for murder and 15 years for attempted murder. The appellate court reversed the convictions (153 Ill.App.3d 131...

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