PEOPLE v. CEDENO

No. 2-92-1388.

635 N.E.2d 1047 (1994)

263 Ill. App.3d 257

200 Ill.Dec. 708

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Rafael CEDENO, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

June 8, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kim M. DeWitt, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for Rafael Cedeno.

Kathleen T. Zellner, Kathleen T. Zellner and Associates, Michael Hemstreet (argued), Naperville, James E. Ryan, DuPage County State's Atty., Wheaton, William L. Browers, Deputy Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Gregory L. Slovacek (argued), State's Attys. Appellate Service Com'n Elgin, for the People.


Presiding Justice INGLIS delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury in the circuit court of Du Page County convicted defendant, Rafael Cedeno, of first degree murder (Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 38, par. 9-1 (now codified, as amended, at 720 ILCS 5/9-1 (West 1992))). The court sentenced him to 45 years' imprisonment. Defendant appeals both the conviction and the sentence. He contends that the trial court erred by (1) refusing to dismiss certain members of the venire for...

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