PEOPLE v. SYKES

No. 85-3697.

161 Ill. App.3d 623 (1987)

515 N.E.2d 253

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THOMAS SYKES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed September 22, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul S. Biebel, Jr., Public Defender, of Chicago (Karen A. Popek, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., Bonnie Meyer Sloan, and Anthony J. Carballo, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part, and vacated in part and remanded.

JUSTICE BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Thomas Sykes, was convicted by a jury for aggravated kidnapping and unlawful restraint. He was sentenced on the aggravated kidnapping charge to an extended term of imprisonment of 30 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Defendant appeals his conviction and sentence.

On April 13, 1984, at about 8:30 a.m., the victim, age 10...

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