PEOPLE v. HENDRICKS

No. 63803.

137 Ill.2d 31 (1990)

560 N.E.2d 611

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. DAVID HENDRICKS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Modified on denial of rehearing October 1, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Hendricks, of Menard, appellant pro se.

Mercer Turner, of Bloomington, Thomas D. Decker and Richard H. McLeese, of Thomas D. Decker & Associates, Ltd., and Jon R. Waltz, all of Chicago, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Roma J. Stewart and Robert J. Ruiz, Solicitors General, and Mark L. Rotert, Scott Graham, Terence M. Madsen and Richard S. London, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Kenneth R. Boyle, Robert J. Biderman, Denise J. Ambrose and David E. Mannchen, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, of Springfield, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, David Hendricks, was arrested on December 5, 1983, based on an information filed by the McLean County State's Attorney, for the murders of defendant's wife, Susan Hendricks, and his three children, Rebekah, Grace and Benjamin Hendricks. The McLean County grand jury subsequently filed an eight-count indictment on December 22, 1983...

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