PEOPLE v. ELLIS

No. 79-2333.

93 Ill. App.3d 79 (1981)

416 N.E.2d 1174

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DONALD KEITH ELLIS, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed February 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr, Pamela L. Gray, and Alfred Petrocelli, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

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

Defendant, charged by information with murder and armed violence, was convicted of both offenses in a bench trial, but sentenced to 6 years in the penitentiary on the armed violence offense only. On appeal he claims denial of a fair trial because the State destroyed certain evidence which, according to defendant, would have been...

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