PEOPLE v. COLON

No. 75834.

642 N.E.2d 118 (1994)

162 Ill.2d 23

204 Ill.Dec. 656

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

September 22, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield, and Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney, Chicago (Terence M. Madsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb and William Toffenetti, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for People. State of Ill.

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender, Chicago (Ira Churgin, Asst. Public Defender, of counsel), for appellee.


Justice HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Jose Colon, was found guilty of first degree murder. He was subsequently sentenced to 50 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. The appellate court reversed the judgment of the circuit court (249 Ill.App.3d 141, 188 Ill.Dec. 497, 618...

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