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PEOPLE v. GARNER

No. 71365.

590 N.E.2d 470 (1992)

147 Ill.2d 467

168 Ill.Dec. 833

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. William GARNER, Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

March 26, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan and Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield, and Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., Chicago (Terence Madsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, and Renee G. Goldfarb, Randall E. Roberts, and Kenneth T. McCurry and Howard D. Weismann, Asst. State's Attys. of counsel), Chicago, for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, and Mitchell B. Katlen and Linda Eigner, Asst. App. Defenders, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellee and cross-appellant.

Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, William Garner, was charged with armed robbery, armed violence and unlawful restraint. (Ill.Rev.Stat.1981, ch. 38, pars. 18-2, 33A-2, 10-3.) Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant was convicted in absentia and sentenced, as a habitual criminal (Ill. Rev.Stat.1981, ch. 38, par. 33B-1), to life imprisonment.

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