PEOPLE v. KOLAKOWSKI

No. 1-97-4293.

745 N.E.2d 62 (2001)

319 Ill. App.3d 200

253 Ill.Dec. 288

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Darleena KOLAKOWSKI, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied March 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Kenneth T. McCurry and Janet Powers Doyle, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Pamela Pfrang, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.


Justice COUSINS delivered the opinion of the court:

On August 20, 1994, 89-year-old Leo Radzikinas was murdered in his home. Within three days of the crime, defendant Dorleena Kolakowski and her boyfriend, Corey West, were arrested for his murder. Defendant, who was 13 years old at the time of the offense, was indicted for first degree murder, armed robbery, home invasion and residential burglary. The juvenile court granted State's motion to transfer the case to criminal...

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