PEOPLE v. ALDRIDGE

No. 51824.

79 Ill.2d 87 (1980)

402 N.E.2d 176

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. LESTER RONALD ALDRIDGE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 28, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Wilson, Deputy Defender, and Charles M. Schiedel and Donald T. McDougall, Assistant Defenders, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and C. Joseph Cavanagh, State's Attorney, of Sangamon County (Donald B. Mackay and Stuart H. Shiffman, Assistant Attorneys General, and Marc E. Towler, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Lester Ronald Aldridge was found guilty of murder by a jury in the Sangamon County circuit court and was subsequently sentenced to imprisonment for a term of not less than 90 nor more than 120 years. The appellate court affirmed (68 Ill.App.3d 181), and we allowed leave to appeal.

Defendant here urges that it was a violation of his...

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