PEOPLE v. RUCHEINSKI

No. 1-88-0267.

586 N.E.2d 506 (1991)

224 Ill. App.3d 118

166 Ill.Dec. 548

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward RUCHEINSKI, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

December 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Elizabeth Burke, Jeffrey M. Howard, Asst. Public Defenders, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty. of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Carol Gaines, Joseph W. Colaianne, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for defendant-appellant.


Presiding Justice LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Edward Rucheinski, and co-defendant, Stephen Wieglos, were charged with delivery of more than 30 grams of cocaine. Defendant was tried separately by a jury and was found guilty based on a theory of accountability. The trial court sentenced defendant to six years in prison. Defendant filed this appeal. We consider (1) whether the trial court abused its discretion when it allowed the State to introduce...

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