PEOPLE v. LEWIS

No. 15783.

90 Ill. App.3d 220 (1980)

412 N.E.2d 1128

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BERNICE LEWIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed November 12, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dobrovolny & Souk, of Urbana (James E. Souk, of counsel), for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Chicago, and Patrick M. Walsh, State's Attorney, of Decatur (Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Thomas E. Holum, Susan M. Sherwin, and Neal Goodfriend, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE CRAVEN delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury convicted the defendant of murder, armed robbery, and aggravated kidnaping for her alleged participation in a bank robbery in Decatur, Illinois; a woman was kidnaped and a bank guard killed during the preparation for and execution of the robbery. The defendant was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 40, 30, and 30 years...

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