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PEOPLE v. WASHINGTON

No. 81-3097.

121 Ill. App.3d 479 (1984)

459 N.E.2d 1029

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LEON WASHINGTON, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed January 20, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (James H. Reddy, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat, Lawrence J. Stasica, and Mary Alice McKenzie, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial, defendant was convicted of the June 6, 1981, murder of James Riordan and sentenced to 35 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Defendant raises several issues on appeal, including the terms of the conviction itself and the length of his sentence, the impact of pretrial publicity on his ability to receive a fair trial and the propriety of a previously substituted...

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