PEOPLE v. CHRISTIANSEN

No. 59870.

116 Ill.2d 96 (1987)

506 N.E.2d 1253

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. EDGAR CHRISTIANSEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty and Paul P. Biebel, Jr., Public Defenders, of Chicago (Ronald P. Alwin, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Mark L. Rotert, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Joan S. Cherry, Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., and Thomas P. Needham, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Edgar Christiansen, was indicted by a Cook County grand jury for the armed robbery of Lawrence Berry and the murders of Laura Steinke and Mousa Musleh (Mousa). Defendant was charged with the following offenses in connection with the Berry incident: armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 18-2); unlawful restraint (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 10-3); theft (Ill....

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