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- Title: People v. Ross
- Author : Illinois Appellate Court — First District (5Th Division) Reversed and Remanded
- Release Date : January 06, 1985
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
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Defendants Kenneth Ross and Mark Mosley appeal from the judgments entered on jury verdicts convicting each of them of three counts of murder and one count of armed robbery. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, pars. 9-1(a)(1), (2), (3), and par. 18-2.) Ross was sentenced to 40 years for murder and 30 years for armed robbery. Mosley received 35 years for murder and 30 years for armed robbery. On appeal, both defendants contend that their representation by the same attorney in a joint trial created a conflict of interest which denied them their sixth amendment right to effective legal representation. Mosley additionally contends that he was denied his sixth amendment right of confrontation because he was unable to challenge pertinent portions of his co-defendant's pretrial statement. We reverse both convictions and remand with directions. On December 8, 1982, Ralph Kline was robbed and murdered after delivering a pizza at 2026 West 68th Place in Chicago. The investigating officer found Kline dead in the front seat of his car at approximately 8:30 p.m. on December 8. Kline's car was smashed into a parked vehicle at 2026 West 68th Place with the keys in the ignition. The State pathologist later testified that shotgun pellets were found in both the left side of Kline's neck and his right hand. The pathologist stated that death was caused by a shotgun wound and that there had been no evidence of other trauma.