PEOPLE v. HANSEN

No.1-01-1881.

765 N.E.2d 1033 (2002)

327 Ill. App.3d 1012

262 Ill.Dec. 425

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kenneth HANSEN, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

January 31, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Scott Cassidy, Thomas Biesty & Linas Kelecius, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Appellant.

Leonard C. Goodman, Chicago, of counsel, Ungaretti & Harris, Chicago (John P. Buckley and Jennifer Wojciehowski, of counsel), for Appellee.


Presiding Justice HOFFMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in 1995, the defendant, Kenneth Hansen, was convicted of the 1955 murders of 13-year old Robert Peterson, 13-year old John Schuessler, and 11-year old Tony Schuessler and sentenced to not less than 200 years and not more than 300 years in prison. On direct appeal, this Court, finding that certain evidence had been improperly admitted at trial, reversed the defendant's convictions...

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