PEOPLE v. OWENS

No. 55589.

102 Ill.2d 145 (1984)

464 N.E.2d 252

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ROBIN WAYNE OWENS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied June 4, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, and Lawrence Bapst and James G. Woodward, Assistant Defenders, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Michael B. Weinstein, Kenneth A. Fedinets, and James E. Fitzgerald, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

In an indictment returned in the circuit court of Kankakee County, defendant, Robin Wayne Owens, and Anthony Hite were charged with one count each of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(1)), armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 18-2(a)), and theft (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 16-1(d)). Following a jury trial defendant was found guilty of murder and...

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