PEOPLE v. BALFOUR

No. 83-387.

148 Ill. App.3d 215 (1986)

498 N.E.2d 547

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LAVIN BALFOUR, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed September 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis M. Doherty, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat, Jeanette Sublett, and Mark L. Le Fevour, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE RIZZI delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant, Lavin Balfour, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 30 years in the Department of Corrections. On appeal defendant argues (1) the evidence is insufficient to sustain a finding of guilty of murder; (2) the trial court improperly denied a request for a behavioral-clinic examination made by defendant at his sentencing hearing; (3) defendant was...

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