PEOPLE v. BARFIELD

No. 5-96-0250.

680 N.E.2d 805 (1997)

288 Ill. App.3d 578

223 Ill.Dec. 855

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kumasi J. BARFIELD, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

June 2, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Christenson, Murphysboro, for Defendant-Appellant.

Michael Wepsiec, State's Attorney, Murphysboro, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Justice HOPKINS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Kumasi J. Barfield, appeals from the decision of the circuit court of Jackson County denying his motion to dismiss the charge against him of armed robbery. Defendant filed the motion to dismiss this charge, claiming that it was barred on the grounds of double jeopardy. Defendant claims that he was formerly tried before a jury on the same charge and that the trial court, Honorable David W. Watt Jr., presiding...

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