PEOPLE v. ALLEN

No. 1-87-3256.

583 N.E.2d 7 (1991)

221 Ill. App.3d 737

164 Ill.Dec. 453

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

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Modified on Denial of Rehearing November 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, State Appellate Defender Office, Chicago (Anna Ahronheim, Asst. Appellate Defender, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Cecil A. Partee, State's Atty., Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb and Joseph Brent, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Presiding Justice SCARIANO delivered the opinion of the court:

On July 3, 1985, defendant was convicted of the murder of Carl Gibson, and sentenced to a term of natural life imprisonment. While defendant's conviction in that case was pending on appeal in this court, Detective Michael Pochordo, who had been in frequent contact with defendant in investigating the case, arranged to see defendant in the Stateville penitentiary, where he had been serving his sentence....

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