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PEOPLE v. HAWKINS

No. 1-00-1045.

762 N.E.2d 46 (2001)

326 Ill. App.3d 992

260 Ill.Dec. 780

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Earl HAWKINS and Nathson Fields, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

Rehearing Denied January 25, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Renee Goldfarb, James Fitzgerald, Maureen McGee, Office of the State's Attorney, Chicago, for Appellant.

Lazar P. Raynal, Derek J. Meyer, Kristin L. Cantu, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, for Appellee Hawkins. John L. Stainthorp, Timothy R. Lohraff, People's Law Office, Chicago, for Appellee Fields.

Justice BUCKLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

In June 1985, defendants, Nathson Fields and Earl Hawkins, along with a codefendant, George Carter, were charged with the April 1984 murders of Jerome "Fuddy" Smith and Talman Hickman. Carter's case was later severed and Fields and Hawkins were tried together. Attorney Jack Smeeton represented Fields, and attorney William Swanno represented Hawkins. Following a bench trial before Judge Thomas Maloney, defendants...

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