PEOPLE v. SERRANO

No. 1-95-1385.

676 N.E.2d 1011 (1997)

286 Ill. App.3d 485

222 Ill.Dec. 47

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rolando SERRANO, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

February 7, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Murray M. Coffey, of counsel), for Appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee G. Goldfarb, James E. Fitzgerald, Kay Hanlon, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice SOUTH delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant, Rolando Serrano, was convicted of first-degree murder and three counts of armed robbery and sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 35 years for first-degree murder, and 20 years for each armed robbery. He now appeals, contending that there was no probable cause for his arrest, the failure of counsel to offer an instruction on his theory of defense denied him his right to effective...

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