PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 1-91-0509.

632 N.E.2d 37 (1993)

256 Ill. App.3d 728

197 Ill.Dec. 968

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerry JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

December 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., County of Cook, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Annette Collins, Matthew McQuaid, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Ralph Ruebner, Professor of Law, The John Marshall Law School, pro bono, Patrick M. Ouimet, Wolf & Ouimet, Chicago, pro bono, Robert O. Ackley, The Law Offices of Robert O. Ackley, Waukegan, pro bono, for defendant-appellant.


Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Jerry Johnson, was convicted of armed robbery (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 18-2(a)), and sentenced to a 30-year term of imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

On appeal, defendant contends (1) the trial court erroneously denied his motion for substitution of judge for cause; (2) he did not receive effective assistance...

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