PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

No. 5-85-0272.

171 Ill. App.3d 573 (1988)

525 N.E.2d 1165

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HARRY L. WRIGHT, JR., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed June 28, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry L. Wright, Jr., of Menard, appellant pro se.

Charles Roberts, State's Attorney, of Olney (Kenneth R. Boyle, Stephen E. Norris, and Matthew E. Franklin, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE KARNS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Harry L. Wright, was convicted in a jury trial of attempted murder and sentenced by the circuit court of Richland County to serve a 30-year sentence consecutively to two 15-year sentences imposed in another proceeding. Defendant appeals. We affirm.

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