PEOPLE v. RUCKER

No. 2-96-0580.

689 N.E.2d 1203 (1998)

294 Ill. App.3d 218

228 Ill.Dec. 782

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael RUCKER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

January 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller (Court-appointed), Deputy Defender, and Steven E. Wiltgen (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, Liam Dixon (Court-appointed), Camic, Johnson, Wilson & Bloom, P.C., Elgin, for Michael Rucker.

David R. Akemann, Kane County State's Attorney, St. Charles, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for the People.


Presiding Justice GEIGER delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Michael Rucker, was convicted of felony retail theft (720 ILCS 5/16A-3(a) (West 1994)), misdemeanor theft (720 ILCS 5/16-1(a)(4)(A) (West 1994)), and unlawful possession of a theft-detection shielding device (720 ILCS 5/16-15(b) (West 1994)) and sentenced to a total of six years' imprisonment. On appeal, the defendant argues that (1) the trial court erred in denying...

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