PEOPLE v. LAKE

No. 1-96-3755.

698 N.E.2d 1071 (1998)

297 Ill. App.3d 454

232 Ill.Dec. 641

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jermail LAKE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

June 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Linda Woloshin, Clare Wesolik Connolly, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Justice COUSINS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Jermail Lake was charged by indictment with two counts of first degree murder in the shooting death of Alvin Gilmore. Lemont Lake, Allen Duncan and Tineshea Lake were also charged in the indictment. After a bench trial, defendant Jermail Lake was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment.

On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) he was denied his constitutional right...

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