PEOPLE v. CRUZ

No. 82-1270.

119 Ill. App.3d 868 (1983)

457 N.E.2d 1281

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GEORGE L. CRUZ, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed December 2, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Thomas F. Bomba, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat, Lawrence R. Stasica, and Edward Barron, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE WILSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of murder and two counts of attempted murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, pars. 9-1(a), 8-4, respectively), and sentenced to concurrent terms of 40 years, 20 years and 20 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Defendant appeals, contending that: (1) the trial court erred in

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