PEOPLE v. McDONALD

No. 3-92-0120.

619 N.E.2d 229 (1993)

249 Ill. App.3d 702

188 Ill.Dec. 865

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lester McDONALD, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

August 20, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph N. Ehmann, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, Marzell Richardson, trial counsel, for Lester McDonald.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Edward Burmila, Jr., Will County State's Atty., Joliet, Rita Kennedy Mertel, State's

Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for the People.


Justice STOUDER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Lester McDonald, was found guilty of armed robbery and sentenced to six years of imprisonment. He appeals, and we affirm.

On appeal, the defendant argues that his rights were violated when the prosecutor exercised peremptory challenges to exclude one African-American, Jenny Dunham, and one Hispanic, Noel Guzman, from serving on his jury. Specifically, he alleges that the trial court's decision...

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