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PEOPLE v. SMITH

No. 1-91-2439.

639 N.E.2d 162 (1994)

265 Ill.App.3d 981

203 Ill.Dec. 123

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

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

August 11, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender and Patricia Unsinn, Asst. Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellant.

Jack O'Malley, Cook County State's Atty., Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, James E. Fitzgerald, and Robyn Berman, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for appellee.

Modified on Remand from The Supreme Court

Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County defendant, Melvin Smith, was convicted of two counts of armed robbery (Ill.Rev.Stat.1985, ch. 38, par. 18-2(a) now 720 ILCS 5/18-2(a) (West 1992)), and sentenced to a 14-year term of imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

On appeal, defendant contends (1) defense counsel's presentation...

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