PEOPLE v. MASSE

No. 2-90-0842.

604 N.E.2d 517 (1992)

237 Ill. App.3d 348

178 Ill.Dec. 261

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Yolanda MASSE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

November 25, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, Kim M. DeWitt, Office of State Appellate Defender, Barbara R. Van Tine, Mason City, for Yolanda Masse.

James E. Ryan, DuPage County State's Atty., William L. Browers, Deputy Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Patrick J. O'Shea, Law Offices of Patrick J. O'Shea, Lombard, for People.


Justice WOODWARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Yolanda Masse, was convicted of armed robbery (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 38, par. 18-2(a)) and was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment. She argues that the trial court erred by refusing her tendered jury instruction, based on United States v. Telfaire (D.C.Cir.1972), 469 F.2d 552, that identification testimony is an expression of belief or impression of the witness...

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