PEOPLE v. SPIVEY

No. 77-768.

58 Ill. App.3d 677 (1978)

374 N.E.2d 1068

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DONNELL SPIVEY, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed March 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner and Patricia Unsinn, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Lee T. Hettinger, Joan Cherry, and Richard Heytow, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE ROMITI delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Donnell Spivey, was found guilty of burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 19-1), after a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, and he was sentenced to a term of 2 to 6 years. The sole issue presented for review is whether the court committed reversible error by considering hearsay testimony.

We affirm.

On May 13, 1976, at about 2:40 p.m.,...

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