PEOPLE v. FINLEY

No. 1-89-2215.

584 N.E.2d 276 (1991)

222 Ill. App.3d 571

165 Ill.Dec. 97

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leroy FINLEY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied January 7, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for defendant-appellant.

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


Presiding Justice SCARIANO delivered the opinion of the court:

Leroy Finley appeals from his conviction by a jury of the armed robbery of Kevin Anderson, claiming that he was denied a fair trial because of statements made by the prosecution and certain testimony that the State's Attorney's office had approved the case against him; that the State had engaged in racial discrimination in exercising its peremptory challenges during jury selection; and that the court improperly...

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