PEOPLE v. SMITH

No. 77078.

685 N.E.2d 880 (1997)

177 Ill.2d 53

226 Ill.Dec. 425

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Geraldine SMITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, State Appellate Defender-Sup. Ct. Unit, Springfield, and Charles W. Hoffman, Asst. State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Geraldine Smith.

Jim Ryan, Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Div., Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney Cook County, Crim. Appeals Div., Celeste Stewart Stack, Assistant State's Attorney, Chicago, for the People.


Justice NICKELS delivered the judgment of the court:

Defendant, Geraldine Smith, was charged with first degree murder (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(1)) and conspiracy to commit murder (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 38, par. 8-2(a)) arising from the June 23,1987, shooting death of Valerie McDonald. Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant was convicted of both counts. The trial court denied...

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