Legal Opinion
People v. Mischke
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 27, 1995No. 1 — 93 — 1425, 1 — 93 — 1426, 1 — 93 — 1609 consPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cerda
Following a bench trial, defendants, Thomas Mischke, Anthony Serenas, and Noe Torres, were found guilty of first-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9 — 1(a)(2) (West 1992)). Serenas and Torres were convicted based on the accountability theory. Mischke was sentenced to 28 years’ imprisonment, Serenas to 24 years’ imprisonment, and Torres to 20 years’ imprisonment. The three cases were consolidated on appeal.
Defendants assert that (1) the State failed to prove that they had the requisite intent for first-degree murder; (2) the trial court erroneously applied felony murder rules under the guise of…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Anderson v. CharlesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- People v. ReidIllinois Supreme Court · 1990
- People v. FriebergIllinois Supreme Court · 1992
- People v. BartallIllinois Supreme Court · 1983
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