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PEOPLE v. FORBES

No. 1-87-1040.

563 N.E.2d 860 (1990)

205 Ill. App.3d 851

150 Ill.Dec. 733

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lisa FORBES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

October 26, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender of Cook County (Vicki Rogers, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Cecil A. Partee, State's Atty. of Cook County (Renee Goldfarb and David R. Butzen, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Justice EGAN delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury convicted the defendant, Lisa Forbes, of the murder of James Bankston (James); the judge sentenced her to imprisonment for 25 years. The defendant was 20 years old at the time of trial. She began going with James when she was 15 years old. They had a child, Mercedes, who was two years old at the time of James' death. The relationship ended, and the defendant filed a paternity suit against James. She was awarded...

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