PEOPLE v. WILLIS

Nos. 1-89-0956, 1-89-1016 and 1-89-2329.

577 N.E.2d 1215 (1991)

217 Ill. App.3d 909

160 Ill.Dec. 644

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael WILLIS and Marvin Kitchen, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied August 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender of Cook County (Michaela J. Kalisiak and Robert Guch, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Michael Willis.

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy State Appellate Defender, Chicago (Anne E. Meyer, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Marvin Kitchen.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Michael Latz and Daniel Rabinovitz, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a consolidated appeal. Defendants, Michael Willis and Marvin Kitchen, were charged by indictment with the murder of Coy Lee Harris. Willis exercised his right to a jury trial; Kitchen waived his right to a jury trial. Although the trials were severed, Willis and Kitchen were tried simultaneously. At the conclusion of the trials, the jury entered a verdict of guilty

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