PEOPLE v. FINKLEA

No. 4-89-0025.

187 Ill. App.3d 610 (1989)

543 N.E.2d 536

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PHILLIP TODD FINKLEA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed August 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Jane Raley, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Lawrence R. Fichter, State's Attorney, of Decatur (Kenneth R. Boyle, Robert J. Biderman, and LeRoy Walter Lemke, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of attempt (burglary) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 8-4) and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. The only issue defendant raises on appeal is that his pretrial motion for a continuance was improperly denied by the trial court.

We affirm.

On August 29, 1988, an information was filed charging the defendant with...

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