PEOPLE v. SHAW

No. 1-94-0291.

664 N.E.2d 97 (1996)

278 Ill. App.3d 939

215 Ill.Dec. 700

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas SHAW, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied May 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Bruce C. Landrum, of counsel), for appellants.

Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney, County of Cook, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Kenneth T. McCurry, James S. Beligratis, of counsel), for appellee.


Justice DiVITO delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Thomas Shaw was found guilty of first degree murder and aggravated criminal sexual assault. He was sentenced to natural life imprisonment for the first degree murder with a concurrent 60-year term for the aggravated criminal sexual assault. In this appeal, he contends that (1) the State improperly introduced evidence and commented about his post-arrest silence in violation of Doyle...

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