PEOPLE v. MAYS

No. 3-92-0447.

607 N.E.2d 291 (1993)

239 Ill. App.3d 981

180 Ill.Dec. 397

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Willie Lee MAYS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

January 7, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Fisher, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, Frank M. Picl, trial counsel, for Willie Lee Mays.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Kevin W. Lyons, State's Atty., Peoria, Terry A. Mertel, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for People.


Justice STOUDER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Willie Lee Mays, was convicted of armed robbery (Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 38, par. 18-2). He was subsequently sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. He appeals.

The record shows that the defendant robbed a gas station at knifepoint. The clerk, Corey Thomas, called the police and described the defendant. The police then followed footprints in the snow to a house. After a woman in the house gave...

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