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PEOPLE v. THOMAS

No. 2-88-1200.

201 Ill. App.3d 255 (1990)

559 N.E.2d 262

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

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed August 8, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller and Manuel S. Serritos, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Gary V. Johnson, State's Attorney, of Geneva (William L. Browers and Cynthia N. Schneider, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE INGLIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, John R. Thomas, was convicted by a jury of the offense of robbery in violation of section 18-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 18-1). Defendant now appeals, alleging that the prosecutor improperly exercised a peremptory challenge to keep a member of defendant's racial group from serving on the petit jury. We affirm.

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