PEOPLE v. BLAND

No. 78-98.

67 Ill. App.3d 716 (1978)

384 N.E.2d 1380

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent-Appellee, v. ALEXANDER BLAND, Petitioner-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Rehearing denied January 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George C. Hook, of Chicago (Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg, Ament & Eiger, P.C., of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Lee T. Hettinger, Iris E. Sholder, and Ira H. Raphaelson, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STAMOS delivered the opinion of the court:

Alexander Bland, petitioner, was found guilty of murder and armed robbery on March 9, 1973, following a bench trial in the criminal division of the Circuit Court of Cook County. He was sentenced to a term of 20 to 50 years. On direct appeal we affirmed the judgment of the trial court, resolving against petitioner the sole issue raised, whether...

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