Legal Opinion
People v. Strain
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided June 28, 1999No. 1-97-3585PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gallagher
Terrance Strain (defendant) was charged with two counts of first degree murder in the shooting death of Geary Dow, a former Marine and Chicago Transit Authority employee. Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted on both counts and sentenced to 45 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Defendant is now appealing this conviction. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
The evidence at trial showed the following. The State’s witness, Terry Bosley, testified that he and his friend Geary Dow were doing electrical work on a house near the intersection of 120th and Perry in Chicago…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Morgan v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- The People v. LobbIllinois Supreme Court · 1959
- United States v. Leon McAnderson Roosevelt Hawkins, Jeff Fort, Alan Knox and Reico CranshawCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- People v. AshfordIllinois Supreme Court · 1988
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- People v. SharpAppellate Court of Illinois · 2015
- People v. GardnerAppellate Court of Illinois · 2004
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