PEOPLE v. RUTHERFORD

Nos. 1-92-3729, 1-93-0676.

653 N.E.2d 794 (1995)

274 Ill.App.3d 116

210 Ill.Dec. 599

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nathan RUTHERFORD and Clyde Rutherford, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied August 18, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antonia S. Pritchard, Shari L. Friedman, Keck, Mahin & Cate/Judicial Advisory Council Appeals Program, Chicago, for appellant Nathan Rutherford.

Joan Marsh, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, for appellant Clyde Rutherford.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., County of Cook (Renee Goldfarb, Michael Golden, Ross M. Eagle, Peter D. Fischer, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for appellee.


Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Accepting an invitation to stay at the Rutherfords can prove fatal.

In late March 1991, 19-year-old Stanley Brown (Stan) and 16-year-old Steven Stahler (Stahler) were living in the Rutherford home at 4516 Christiana in Chicago. It was not unusual for 16-year-old Nathan Rutherford (Nathan) to invite friends to stay there at times. Nathan lived in the house with his mother and his father, Clyde Rutherford ...

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