PEOPLE v. CHATMAN

No. 79-2268.

105 Ill. App.3d 276 (1982)

434 N.E.2d 309

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

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

Opinion filed March 25, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner, Steven Clark, and Susan Bandes, all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat, Casimir J. Bartnik, and Rhoda W. Davis, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Melvin Chatman, was charged by information with armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 18-2). After a jury trial, he was found guilty and sentenced to 18 years imprisonment. The sole issue presented for review is whether the trial court's exclusion of a defense witness constituted an abuse of discretion where defense counsel failed to include the name of...

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