PEOPLE v. DENNIS

No. 1-92-0731.

649 N.E.2d 479 (1995)

271 Ill.App.3d 1041

208 Ill.Dec. 423

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Romance DENNIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

April 10, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Linda Woloshin, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for appellee.


Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Romance Dennis (Dennis), was tried as an accomplice to an armed robbery that took place in an alleyway between Chicago Avenue and Springfield Road in Chicago at about 1:30 p.m. on July 15, 1991. He did not deny the robbery happened. He denied that he took part in the robbery.

The evidence required the jury to resolve an issue of accountability. The jury was confused. Twice it asked the trial judge for guidance...

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