PEOPLE v. BANKS

No. 1-88-0628.

592 N.E.2d 107 (1992)

227 Ill. App.3d 462

169 Ill.Dec. 620

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sondra BANKS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

March 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., County of Cook, (Renee Goldfarb, Michael Latz, of counsel), Chicago, for plaintiff-appellee.

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender of Cook County, (Robert D. Glick, of counsel), Chicago, for defendant-appellant.


Justice GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found defendant Sondra Banks guilty of one count of first degree murder and two counts of attempted murder. The court sentenced defendant to 25 years' imprisonment for murder, and two terms of 12 years' imprisonment for the two attempted murder counts, with the sentences to run concurrently. On appeal, defendant contends that the Illinois murder statute is unconstitutional; and that the first degree murder...

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