PEOPLE v. BANKS

No. 2-95-0476.

678 N.E.2d 348 (1997)

287 Ill. App.3d 273

222 Ill.Dec. 736

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shariff G. BANKS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

March 27, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, Steven E. Wiltgen, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Vincent C. Argento, Argento & Klein, Ltd. (Court-appointed), Linda A. Johnson, Argento & Klein, Ltd., Elgin, for Shariff G. Banks.

Michael J. Waller, Lake County State's Attorney, Waukegan, William L. Browers, Deputy Director, Lawrence M. Bauer, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutors, Elgin, for the People.


Justice THOMAS delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Shariff G. Banks, was indicted by grand jury with five counts of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3) (West 1994)) in connection with the shooting death of Mary Davis. Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Lake County, the defendant was found guilty on three of those counts and sentenced to 50 years in prison. We affirm.

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