PEOPLE v. ROBLES

No. 2-95-0527.

682 N.E.2d 194 (1997)

288 Ill. App.3d 935

224 Ill.Dec. 633

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eric J. ROBLES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

June 20, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen L. Roach, Susan A. Weber, Eric H. Sussman, Neil H. Wyland, Margaret L. Fitzpatrick, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, for Eric J. Robles.

Joseph E. Birkett, DuPage County State's Attorney, Wheaton, John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Cynthia N. Schneider, State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for People of the State of Illinois.


Justice RATHJE delivered the opinion of the court:

On April 30, 1993, defendant, Eric Robles, was indicted on 10 counts of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9—1(a)(1) (West 1992)) and 2 counts of solicitation of murder for hire (720 ILCS 5/8—1.2 (West 1992)) for the stabbing deaths of his parents, Peter and Diana Robles. It was alleged that defendant had paid a high school classmate, Sean Helgesen (Helgesen), to help him kill his parents. Following a jury...

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