PEOPLE v. ROBINSON

No. 1-88-2886.

603 N.E.2d 25 (1992)

236 Ill. App.3d 313

177 Ill.Dec. 244

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Johnnie ROBINSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

September 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender, Chicago (William Bates, Aaron Meyers, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty. Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, James E. Fitzgerald, Noreen M. Daly, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice CERDA delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial, defendant, Johnnie Robinson, was convicted of residential burglary and theft. He was sentenced to an extended term of 16 years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant asserts that (1) the trial court erred when the trial judge abandoned his proper role as an impartial arbiter and assumed the role of a prosecutor by advising the prosecutor how to prove the elements of the offense; (2) the prosecutor...

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