PEOPLE v. RASO

No. 1-90-3409.

602 N.E.2d 53 (1992)

234 Ill. App.3d 1099

176 Ill.Dec. 746

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carlos RASO, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

September 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Anne E. Meyer, Asst. Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for defendant-appellant.

Jack O'Malley, Cook County State's Atty., Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Randall E. Roberts, and Margaret J. Faustmann, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant was found guilty of first degree murder (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 9-1) and sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends solely that his conviction should be reversed because the record does not reflect that he waived his constitutional right to testify at trial.

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