PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

No. 1-92-3216.

651 N.E.2d 758 (1995)

272 Ill. App.3d 1033

209 Ill.Dec. 580

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Walter WRIGHT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

June 9, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Public Defender of Cook County Hugh Stevens, Asst. Public Defender, of counsel, for appellant.

State's Atty., Renee Goldfarb, Susan Schierl, Anne-Marie Wilmouth, of counsel, for appellee.


Justice GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

BACKGROUND

On July 9, 1992, a jury found the defendant-appellant Walter Wright guilty of first degree murder and armed robbery arising from the March 31, 1990 shooting of the victim, Robert Burnett. The court sentenced the defendant to natural life without parole for the first degree murder conviction and a concurrent term of thirty years imprisonment for the armed robbery. For the reasons set forth below...

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