PEOPLE v. BUCHANAN

No. 79-2202.

98 Ill. App.3d 193 (1981)

423 N.E.2d 1333

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES BUCHANAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed July 10, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner and Kenneth L. Jones, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr, Adrienne Noble Nacev, and John R. Ashenden, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of the offenses of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 9-1) and armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 18-2), and was sentenced to concurrent terms of 35 and 30 years imprisonment, respectively. On appeal, defendant raises the following issues: (1) whether the trial court abused its discretion by allowing an unlisted State...

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