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PEOPLE v. HARRIS

No. 80-949.

95 Ill. App.3d 1 (1981)

419 N.E.2d 489

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES HARRIS, a/k/a James Kilgone, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed March 27, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Gary S. Rapaport, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr, Mary Ellen Dienes, and Gael McCaughey-O'Brien, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

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

After a jury trial, defendant was convicted and sentenced for armed robbery. The principal contention raised on appeal was that he was denied a fair trial and deprived of the effective assistance of counsel when his request for a continuance was refused. He also raises questions concerning an instruction to the jury, the prosecutor's argument, and the sentencing procedure...

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