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PEOPLE v. BLOUNT

No. 1-87-1335.

580 N.E.2d 1381 (1991)

220 Ill. App.3d 732

163 Ill.Dec. 40

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kennedy BLOUNT and Michael Dotson, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing November 5, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cecil A. Partee, State's Atty., Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Kenneth T. McCurry, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, (Debra R. Salinger, of counsel), Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Donald S. Honchell, of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

MODIFIED ON DENIAL OF REHEARING

Justice DiVITO delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a joint jury trial, defendants Kennedy Blount and Michael Dotson were convicted of murder. (Ill.Rev.Stat.1985, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(1).) Dotson was sentenced to imprisonment for 40 years and Blount for 30 years. In this appeal, they assert numerous grounds for reversal, principally that the circuit court erred in denying their motions for severance of their trial...

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