Legal Opinion
People v. DeStefano
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided July 9, 1975No. 59786PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE DIERINGER
delivered the opinion of the court:
This is an appeal from a judgment entered in the Circuit Court of Cook County. The defendant, Mario DeStefano, along with Sam DeStefano and Anthony Spilotro, were indicted on August 30, 1972, for the 1963 murder of Leo Foreman. Prior to trial Sam DeStefano was killed. Following a jury trial, Anthony Spilotro was acquitted, but defendant Mario DeStefano was found guilty of murder and sentenced to a term of 20 to 40 years in the Illinois State Penitentiary.
■ The issues presented on appeal are: (1) whether tire defendant was…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Singer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Miller v. PateSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. Carlton E. Bryant, United States of America v. William E. TurnerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by13 opinions
- People v. SzaboIllinois Supreme Court · 1983
- People v. MahaffeyIllinois Supreme Court · 1989
- People v. PartonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
- People v. GreerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
- People v. AbbottAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
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