PEOPLE v. RICHMOND

No. 4-89-0323.

201 Ill. App.3d 130 (1990)

559 N.E.2d 302

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MASIEO L. RICHMOND, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed August 16, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Lawrence Bapst, 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 Rebecca L. White, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE LUND delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Masieo L. Richmond was found guilty of the offense of first-degree murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 9-1) after a jury trial in the circuit court of Macon County. Subsequently he was sentenced to a 50-year term of imprisonment. He appeals, contending (1) the prosecution deliberately elicited testimony that the defendant requested an attorney immediately upon learning of...

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