People v. Dale

Tommie Dale and Clarence Dukes (defendants) were charged with murder, rape, home invasion, residential burglary and robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, pars. 9 — 1, 11 — 1, 19 — 3, 18 — 1). Prior to defendants’ trials, the trial court granted defendants’ motions for severance. Following the simultaneous bench trial of Dale and jury trial of Dukes, in which evidence applicable only to Dale’s case was heard outside the presence of the jury, defendants were found guilty of all charges. For their murder convictions, the trial court imposed extended-term sentences of 60 years for Dale and 80…