PEOPLE v. HAMPTON

No. 1-88-3693.

586 N.E.2d 397 (1991)

223 Ill. App.3d 1088

166 Ill.Dec. 439

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Frank HAMPTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

December 19, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles K. Piet, Chicago, for defendant-appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Kenneth T. McCurry and Charles E. Bell, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice LINN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Frank Hampton, was convicted of murder and armed robbery, and sentenced to 50 years in prison. On appeal, he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and the fairness of his trial.

We affirm.

Hampton and a codefendant, James Myers, were charged in the slaying of Gertrude Riddle, whose daughter-in-law found her body on October 28, 1986. Riddle was the victim of multiple stab wounds, punctures...

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