Legal Opinion
People v. Rosa
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 7, 1990No. 1-87-3610PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE LaPORTA
delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a jury trial, defendant, Orlando Rosa, was found guilty of one count of attempted murder and of one count of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, pars. 8—4, 9—1). The trial court sentenced defendant to concurrent terms of 40 years for the murder conviction and 20 years for attempted murder.
On appeal, defendant contends that (1) he was deprived of his rights to a jury trial and to equal protection by the prosecutor’s exclusion of black jurors through the use of peremptory challenges; (2) his murder conviction must be…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Holland v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- People v. WilliamsIllinois Supreme Court · 1983
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3Cited by17 opinions
- People v. PrimmAppellate Court of Illinois · 2000
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- People v. WardellAppellate Court of Illinois · 1992
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