PEOPLE v. GAYFIELD

No. 1-90-0686.

633 N.E.2d 919 (1994)

261 Ill. App.3d 379

199 Ill.Dec. 123

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

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

April 18, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of Public Defender of Cook County, Rita Fry, Chicago (Ronald P. Alwin, Asst. Public Defender, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Office of State's Atty., Jack O'Malley, County of Cook, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Margaret J. Faustmann and Carol A. Mengel, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice MANNING delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Willie Gayfield was charged by indictment No. 88 CR 16825 with first degree murder and armed violence. 720 ILCS 5/9-1, 720 ILCS 5/33-2 (West 1992). Following a jury trial defendant was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to 33 years in prison. Defendant appeals from his conviction and sentence.

Defendant raises one issue on the pleadings, contending that the trial court erred in denying...

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