PEOPLE v. COLON

No. 1-91-3119.

618 N.E.2d 1067 (1993)

249 Ill. App.3d 141

188 Ill.Dec. 497

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose COLON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

June 30, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty. of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, William Carroll, William L. Toffenetti, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County Chicago (Ira Churgin, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.


Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Jose Colon was charged with the murder of Rafael Matamoros and the attempted murder of Nathan Iverson, both resulting from the same shooting incident. At defendant's first trial, a jury found him not guilty of attempted murder and was unable to reach a verdict as to the murder charge. At his second trial, defendant was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 50 years in prison.

Defendant alleges...

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