PEOPLE v. BLAKE

No. 70787.

579 N.E.2d 861 (1991)

144 Ill.2d 314

162 Ill.Dec. 47

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Levi Q. BLAKE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

September 19, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Crim. Appeals Div., Chicago, State's Atty. Peoria County, Peoria, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Third Judicial Dist, Ottawa, Douglas K. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Springfield, for the People, State of Ill.

Sherry R. Engelstad, Asst. Defender, Elgin, for Levi Q. Blake.


Chief Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Peoria County, the defendant, Levi Q. Blake, was convicted of armed robbery and residential burglary. The trial court entered judgment on the armed robbery conviction and sentenced defendant to 12 years' imprisonment. The appellate court, with one justice dissenting, reversed defendant's armed robbery conviction, finding...

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