PEOPLE v. BEST

No. 79-1137.

97 Ill. App.3d 1083 (1981)

424 N.E.2d 29

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BERNDT T. BEST, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed June 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Yuhas and Jeffrey D. Foust, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr, James S. Veldman, and Gordon A. Greenberg, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

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

Defendant was convicted in a jury trial of deviate sexual assault, rape, burglary and armed violence. Defendant's appeal raises as issues whether: the State's inquiry into defendant's opinion concerning the veracity of the State's witnesses constitutes plain error; defendant's conviction for rape must be vacated because it was the underlying offense for the armed violence...

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