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PEOPLE v. LUCAS

Docket No. 69923.

603 N.E.2d 460 (1992)

151 Ill.2d 461

177 Ill.Dec. 390

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Roosevelt LUCAS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied November 30, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender and Patricia Unsinn, Asst. Appellate Defender, Office of the State App. Defender, Chicago, for appellant.

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield, (Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Sol. Gen., and Terence M. Madsen and Bradley P. Halloran, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, of counsel) for the People.

Justice CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

On October 16, 1987, defendant, Roosevelt Lucas, was indicted on two counts of conspiracy (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 38, par. 8-2(a)) and five counts of first degree murder (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 38, pars. 9-1(a)(1), (a)(2)). The conspiracy counts were nol-prossed by the State prior to trial. Defendant was accused of killing Robert Taylor, a superintendent at the Pontiac Correctional Center (Pontiac) on September 3,...

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