PEOPLE v. GILL

No. 86-1144.

169 Ill. App.3d 1049 (1988)

523 N.E.2d 1239

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN GILL, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed May 10, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul P. Biebel, Jr., Public Defender, of Chicago (Janet R. Stewart and James N. Perlman, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Sara Dillery Hynes, Special Assistant State's Attorney, and Kenneth T. McCurry, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury convicted defendant of armed robbery and attempted murder. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, pars. 8-4, 9-1, 18-2(a).) On appeal, we are asked to determine whether the State proved him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; a bullet found in his possession was improperly admitted into evidence; he was denied effective assistance of counsel; his sentence to life imprisonment was...

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