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PEOPLE v. SPEIGHT

Nos. 1-88-3439, 1-88-3510.

584 N.E.2d 392 (1991)

222 Ill. App.3d 766

165 Ill.Dec. 213

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Anthony SPEIGHT and Melvin Whitten, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

December 4, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty. of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Michael Latz, and Gregory Vaci, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago, (Donald S. Honchell, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Whitten.

Office of the State Appellate Defender, (Michael J. Pelletier and Martin Carlson, of counsel) and Chapman and Cutler, (Michael T. Benz, of counsel), Chicago, for defendant-appellant Speight.

Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants appeal a decision in which both were convicted of armed robbery and attempted armed robbery of a couple on January 14, 1988. Anthony Speight (Speight) was sentenced to 15 years in prison and Melvin Whitten (Whitten) was sentenced to 6 years in prison. Their cases have been consolidated on appeal.

Speight contends that: (1) a police officer's testimony as to narcotics paraphernalia found on the...

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