PEOPLE v. PARSON

No. 1-89-0990.

620 N.E.2d 1119 (1993)

249 Ill. App.3d 1021

189 Ill.Dec. 802

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. La Vance PARSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

April 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County (Greg Koster, Asst. Public Defender, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., County of Cook (Renee Goldfarb, William D. Carroll, Asst. State's Attys., and Celeste Stewart Stack, Special Asst. State's Atty., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant, La Vance Parson,1 was found guilty of murder and two counts of attempt murder and sentenced to a prison term of 40 years for the murder conviction and to two terms of 20 years each for the attempt murder convictions. The mittimus stated the sentences to run consecutively. On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) the prosecutor made improper remarks during...

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