PEOPLE v. JOYNER

No. 4-82-0154.

109 Ill. App.3d 1083 (1982)

441 N.E.2d 1214

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JEFFREY JOYNER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed October 21, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Lawrence Bapst, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, and Julie P. Verheye, law student, for appellant.

Basil G. Greanias, State's Attorney, of Decatur (Robert J. Biderman and David E. Mannchen, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE WEBBER delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was tried in absentia in the circuit court of Macon County for the offense of burglary in violation of section 19-1(a) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 19-1(a)). A jury convicted him of the offense and he was sentenced to four years' imprisonment.

On appeal defendant challenges the composition of the jury which tried and convicted...

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