PEOPLE v. BENNETT

No. 1-94-2001.

666 N.E.2d 899 (1996)

281 Ill. App.3d 814

217 Ill.Dec. 230

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael BENNETT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

June 7, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Kenneth L. Jones, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, James E. Fitzgerald and Mari R. Hatzenbuehler, of counsel), for appellee.


Justice EGAN delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury convicted the defendant, Michael Bennett, for the armed robbery of a McDonald's restaurant at 1117 West Howard in Evanston on July 28, 1991. The judge sentenced the defendant to 26 years in prison.

After the police arrested the defendant on September 2, 1991, the State charged him with the July 28 armed robbery of the McDonald's and with the August 17, 1991, armed robbery of a Toys R Us Store. The grand...

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