PEOPLE v. SMALLWOOD

Nos. 1-89-2235, 1-89-2432.

586 N.E.2d 636 (1991)

224 Ill. App.3d 393

166 Ill.Dec. 678

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kenneth SMALLWOOD and Gregory Smallwood, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

December 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Smallwood, Michael J. Pelletier and Martin Carlson, Office of State Appellate Defender (Timothy P. O'Connor of Winston & Strawn, Chicago, of counsel), Gregory Smallwood, Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender of Cook County (Z. Peter Tokatlian, Asst. Public Defender, of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty. of Cook County (Renee Goldfarb, James E. Fitzgerald and Robyn Berman, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a consolidated appeal. Defendants Kenneth and Gregory Smallwood, (brothers), were charged by indictment with the murder of Larry Echols. Following a jury trial, the jury entered a verdict of first degree murder (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, Ch. 38, par. 9-1) as to each of the defendants. Kenneth and Gregory were each sentenced to prison terms of 35 years.

On appeal, Kenneth and Gregory each contend that: ...

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