PEOPLE v. JONES

Nos. 1-04-2500, 1-04-2677.

832 N.E.2d 325 (2005)

358 Ill. App.3d 379

295 Ill.Dec. 174

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brandon Astor JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

June 29, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua T. Buchman, Douglas E. Whitney, John P. Killacky, Benjamin J. Hanauer, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Michael J. Ferrara, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice SOUTH delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial on October 17, 1978, defendant Brandon Astor Jones was convicted of robbery and sentenced to 3 years' probation and 18 months of weekend confinement at the Cook County Jail Work Release Center. Subsequently, he was arrested in Georgia, where he was then convicted and sentenced to death. Defendant is currently on death row in Georgia.

Defendant was arrested on June 6, 1978, after an incident...

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