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People v. Hernandez

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 19, 1988No. 61679PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Simon

Ten-year-old Jeanine Nicarico was abducted from her "home in Naperville on Friday, February 25, 1983; she was raped and murdered the same day. On March 6, 1984, the defendant, Alejandro (Alex) Hernandez, and two codefendants were indicted on charges of murder, residential burglary, home invasion, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated indecent liberties, deviate sexual assault, and rape, and they were tried together. The defendant and Rolando Cruz were convicted on all counts (except home invasion, which was nol-prossed on the State’s motion) following a jury trial in the circuit court of Du Page…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Richardson v. MarshSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. People v. CollinsIllinois Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Krulewitch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  5. People v. TaylorIllinois Supreme Court · 1979

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. People v. HendersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1990
  2. People v. CruzIllinois Supreme Court · 1994
  3. Stephen Buckley, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. J. Michael Fitzsimmons, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
  4. People v. St. PierreIllinois Supreme Court · 1988
  5. People v. DuncanIllinois Supreme Court · 1988

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