PEOPLE v. NICHOLS

No. 47492.

63 Ill.2d 443 (1976)

349 N.E.2d 40

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. STEVEN NICHOLS et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied June 28, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (James B. Zagel and Jayne A. Carr, Assistant Attorneys General, and Laurence J. Bolon and John T. Theis, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Robert B. Thompson, Ronald P. Alwin, and Jack L. Uretsky, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Steven Nichols, Marshall McWilliams, the defendants here, and Willie Chandler were indicted in the circuit court of Cook County in December of 1970 for rape, attempted rape, burglary and armed robbery. Following a jury trial, Nichols and McWilliams were convicted of attempted rape, burglary and armed robbery and acquitted of rape; Chandler was acquitted of all charges. Nichols and...

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