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PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 4-88-0185.

174 Ill. App.3d 726 (1988)

528 N.E.2d 1356

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES THURMAN JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed September 22, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Gloria A. Carroll, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Jeffrey K. Davison, State's Attorney, of Decatur (Kenneth R. Boyle, Robert J. Biderman, and Michael K. Blazicek, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE SPITZ delivered the opinion of the court:

On October 22, 1987, defendant James Thurman Johnson was charged by information in the circuit court of Macon County with the offense of "unlawful possession of hypodermic syringe or needle with a prior unlawful possession of hypodermic syringe or needle conviction" (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 22-50).

Defendant was tried in absentia by a jury on January 25, 1988. Prior...

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