PEOPLE v. LAVINDER

No. 80-1842.

102 Ill. App.3d 662 (1981)

430 N.E.2d 243

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MELVIN LAVINDER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Rehearing denied January 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr and Warren A. Zimmerman, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE LINN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Melvin Lavinder, was found guilty of armed robbery and attempted murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, pars. 18-2, 8-4, 9-1). Defendant was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 25 years for each conviction. A codefendant, Larry Johnson, was found not guilty.

Defendant appeals, contending reversible error occurred...

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