PEOPLE v. COLE

No. 3-90-0274.

575 N.E.2d 10 (1991)

215 Ill. App.3d 585

159 Ill.Dec. 10

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James D. COLE, Sr., and James D. Cole, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

July 5, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Williams, Peoria, James R. Wyrsch, Kansas City, Mo., Patrick A. Tuite (argued), Law Offices of Patrick A. Tuite, Ltd., Chicago, for and James D. Cole, Sr., and James D. Cole, Jr.

Ronald E. Halliday (argued), Parker & Halliday, Peoria, for James D. Cole, Jr.

Kevin W. Lyons, State's Atty., Chris Fredericksen (argued), Asst. State's Atty., Peoria, for the People.


Justice HAASE delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The defendants, James D. Cole, Sr. and James D. Cole, Jr., appeal from the trial court's dismissal of their petition to set aside their convictions for solicitation (to commit murder). We affirm.

In 1980, the defendants were convicted by a jury of solicitation (to commit murder). The indictment charged that the defendants encouraged William Haley, a special agent for the Illinois Department of Law Enforcement...

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