PEOPLE v. PITTS

No. 80-1489.

104 Ill. App.3d 451 (1982)

432 N.E.2d 1062

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EDDIE PITTS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed February 11, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven R. Decker, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat, Dean Morask, and Sheila M. King, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant, Eddie Pitts, was found guilty of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 9-1). On September 3, 1979, defendant received a sentence of not less than 150 years and not more than 300 years imprisonment.

On appeal, defendant raises the following issues for review: (1) whether the trial court erred in failing to give an instruction outlining...

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