People v. MacK

Alexander Peterson, Fletcher Turner, and the defendant in this case, Larry Mack, were indicted in the circuit court of Cook County on three counts of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, pars. 9 — 1(a)(1) through (3)) based on the shooting death of a security guard, Joseph Kolar, during a bank robbery. These three were also indicted for armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 18 — 2) and armed violence (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 33A — 2) growing out of the same robbery; however, the armed-violence counts were not pursued by the State.

Peterson and Turner entered “blind”…