PEOPLE v. AYERS

Nos. 1-00-1014, 1-00-1470.

771 N.E.2d 1041 (2002)

331 Ill. App.3d 742

265 Ill.Dec. 82

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Chaka AYERS and Terrace Hoskins, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

May 30, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Julie A. Hull, Cook County Public Defender, Chicago, for Appellant Ayers.

Michael J. Pelletier, Sarah M. Jacoby, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Appellant Hoskins.

Richard A. Devine, Renee Goldfarb, Margaret J. Campos, Emily J. Grzanka, Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago, for Appellee.


Justice THEIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Following simultaneous but severed trials before two separate juries, codefendants Chaka Ayers and Terrace Hoskins were each convicted of the first degree murder of Kwasi Page. The trial court sentenced Ayers to 45 years' imprisonment and Hoskins to 26 years' imprisonment. In appeal number 1-00-1470, Hoskins argues that: (1) he was denied his fundamental rights to due process and trial by jury where the jury was given...

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