PEOPLE v. RIVERA

No. 77051.

652 N.E.2d 307 (1995)

166 Ill.2d 279

209 Ill.Dec. 767

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Angelo RIVERA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

June 22, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender, Chicago (James H. Reddy, Asst. Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield, and Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., Chicago (Arleen C. Anderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb, Theodore Fotios Burtzos, Susan Schierl and Sheila McGinnis, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for the People.


Justice HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a second trial in the circuit court of Cook County, a jury convicted defendant, Angelo Rivera, of the first degree murder of Zelia Simmons. Defendant was subsequently sentenced to an extended term of 80 years' imprisonment. The appellate court affirmed the circuit court's judgment (No. 1-92-1613 (unpublished order under Supreme Court Rule 23)), and we allowed defendant's petition for leave to appeal (145...

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