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PEOPLE v. WHITE

No. 62504.

40 Ill. App.3d 455 (1976)

352 N.E.2d 243

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOSEPH WHITE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed July 15, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (James J. O'Regan and Marilyn D. Israel, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon, David A. Novoselsky, and Donna Jean Ramey, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

This case presents the sole legal issue of whether, in Illinois, voluntary intoxication is a defense to the crime of armed robbery.

After a trial without a jury in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant was found guilty of armed robbery and was sentenced to a term of four to ten years. Defendant does not dispute the facts...

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