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PEOPLE v. BURNS

No. 78-309.

79 Ill. App.3d 549 (1979)

399 N.E.2d 143

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CORNELIUS BURNS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed December 4, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Wilson and Jeffrey D. Foust, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, and Lynn Ohrenstein, law student, for appellant.

Clyde L. Kuehn, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., and Ann E. Singleton, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mme JUSTICE SPOMER delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant-appellant Cornelius Burns was convicted of armed robbery and attempt murder after a jury trial in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of 10 years imprisonment for each offense.

On appeal, the defendant contends that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; that the trial...

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