PEOPLE v. HIRSCH

No. 1-99-2378.

726 N.E.2d 672 (2000)

312 Ill. App.3d 174

244 Ill.Dec. 697

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rembert HIRSCH, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

March 8, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan A. Ackerman, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, William L. Toffenetti and Vincent J. Pagano, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Somebody once said: "When the play is cast in hell you cannot expect the actors to be angels." This case makes that point. It concerns a business debt, a million dollar life insurance policy, a luckless gambler, and a murder for hire scheme gone awry.

The issue we deal with is the guilty plea of the accused assailant, Rembert Hirsch (Hirsch). He contends the trial...

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