PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

No. 1-95-2544.

677 N.E.2d 494 (1996)

286 Ill. App.3d 456

222 Ill.Dec. 291

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

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing February 26, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Frederick Weil, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb and Peter Fischer, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.


MODIFIED ON DENIAL OF REHEARING

Justice CAHILL delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found Willie Wright guilty of first degree murder and attempted armed robbery. The trial court sentenced him to 60 years in prison for first degree murder and 8 years for attempted armed robbery, the sentences to run consecutively. Wright appeals. We affirm the murder conviction but vacate the conviction for attempted armed robbery.

On November 20, 1991, Kahil...

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