PEOPLE v. KUCHAN

No. 1-90-1222.

579 N.E.2d 1054 (1991)

219 Ill. App.3d 739

162 Ill.Dec. 240

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James KUCHAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

September 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, Chicago (Sally Swiss, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., Chicago (Renee G. Goldfarb, Kenneth T. McCurry and Jillian Cerone-Marisie, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

In March 1987, defendant, James Kuchan, was indicted for murder, feticide and concealment of a homicidal death. On July 21, 1988, defendant was reindicted and charged with murder and concealment of a homicidal death, but instead of including the feticide offense, defendant was charged with intentional homicide of an unborn child. Following a bench trial, defendant was...

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