PEOPLE v. WITT

No. 1-89-0516.

592 N.E.2d 402 (1992)

227 Ill. App.3d 936

169 Ill.Dec. 915

The PEOPLE of the State of Illionis, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Raymond WITT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

March 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender of Cook County (Fred Weil, Alison Edwards, and Rita A. Fry, Asst. Public Defenders, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty. (Renee Goldfarb, Kenneth T. McCurry and Susan R. Schierl, Asst. State's Attys.), for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Raymond Witt, was found guilty of the murder of Zachary Pinquind and sentenced to a prison term of 40 years. On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) his conviction is invalid under the Illinois Homicide Law for first degree murder (Ill. Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 38, par. 9-1) because the statute was not in effect at the time of the offense; (2) he was denied his constitutional right to a bench trial;...

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