PEOPLE v. VIENS

No. 81-83.

109 Ill. App.3d 1017 (1982)

441 N.E.2d 660

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EDWARD VIENS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed October 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller and John R. Wimmer, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

J. Michael Fitzsimmons, State's Attorney, of Wheaton (Phyllis J. Perko and Marshall Stevens, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part, and reversed and vacated in part.

JUSTICE LINDBERG delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Edward Viens, was charged in a two-count indictment with the crimes of aggravated kidnaping with a deadly weapon (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 10-2(a)(5)), and armed violence (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 33A-2). He proceeded to a bench trial in the circuit court of Du Page County. During trial, the defendant entered and the court...

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