PEOPLE v. FIGGS

No. 1-93-4468.

654 N.E.2d 555 (1995)

274 Ill.App.3d 735

211 Ill.Dec. 93

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Livell FIGGS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

August 11, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County (Greg Koster, of counsel), for appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty. of Cook County (Renee Goldfarb, James Navarre and

Kathleen Kelly Schnieders, of counsel), for appellee.


Justice EGAN delivered the opinion of the court:

A grand jury indicted the defendant, Livell Figgs, and his co-defendant, Jesse Hamilton, for first degree murder for the August 5, 1990, fatal shooting of Carlos Palton. The defendant filed a motion for severance, and he and Hamilton were tried simultaneously before two separate juries. The defendant's jury found him guilty, and the judge sentenced the defendant to 40 years' imprisonment. The defendant contends that...

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