PEOPLE v. SEVASTOS

Gen. No. 69-60.

117 Ill. App.2d 104 (1969)

252 N.E.2d 745

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward Lee Sevastos, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

November 24, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Beynon, Public Defender, of Rockford, for appellant.

Philip G. Reinhard, State's Attorney, of Rockford, and Jack C. Tower and R.J. McFarland, Assistant State's Attorneys, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE SEIDENFELD delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant, Edward Lee Sevastos, has appealed from a judgment of conviction of the crime of attempted kidnapping, entered upon a jury verdict. Defendant was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 2 to 5 years.

The appeal raises the questions: whether the testimony was sufficient to convict; whether defendant was prejudiced by remarks made by a judge in the courtroom where part of the jury panel...

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