PEOPLE v. HERNANDEZ

No. 2-91-0287.

615 N.E.2d 843 (1993)

246 Ill. App.3d 243

186 Ill.Dec. 39

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Miguel Sierra HERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

June 18, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, Kim M. DeWitt, Office of State Appellate Defender, Charles A. Canning, Trial Counsel, Elgin, for Miguel Hernandez.

David R. Akemann, Kane County State's Atty., William L. Browers, Deputy Director, David A. Bernhard, State's Atty. Appellate Prosecutor, for the People.


Justice BOWMAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant, Miguel Sierra Hernandez, and three codefendants were charged by indictment with the murder of Guadulupe Jaimes. The indictment alleged that the defendant beat Jaimes on the head and neck, then cut his throat with a knife. Defendant's case was severed from that of the three codefendants for trial. A Kane County jury found defendant guilty of first degree murder (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a...

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