PEOPLE v. THOMAS

No. 1-87-1327.

185 Ill. App.3d 1050 (1989)

542 N.E.2d 100

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. VINCENT THOMAS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed June 30, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul B. Biebel, Jr., Public Defender, of Chicago (Stephanie L. Ellbogen, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Inge Fryklund, James Fitzgerald, and Judith M. Pietrucha, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

PRESIDING JUSTICE BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial, defendant, Vincent Thomas, was convicted of murder for shooting and killing James Jones, and of armed violence for shooting Eric Archie. He was sentenced to consecutive terms of 28 years for murder and 10 years for armed violence in the Pontiac Correctional Center.

The State presented evidence as follows: Eric Archie testified that on April 10...

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