PEOPLE v. SMITH

No. 1-89-2727.

630 N.E.2d 1068 (1994)

258 Ill. App.3d 1003

196 Ill.Dec. 903

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Verrell SMITH, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

February 18, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ritay A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Fred Weill, Asst. Public Defender, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty. of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, James E. Fitzgerald, Janet C. Mahoney, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice GIANNIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant, Verrell Smith, was found guilty of one count of first degree murder and of four counts of attempted murder. Defendant was sentenced to concurrent terms of 40 years for the murder conviction and of 30 years for each of the attempted murder convictions. Defendant challenges his murder conviction and sentence, contending that (1) he was arrested without probable cause, (2) the statement...

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