PEOPLE v. TAINTER

No. 1-95-3935.

691 N.E.2d 55 (1998)

294 Ill. App.3d 634

229 Ill.Dec. 119

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Patrick TAINTER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

January 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita Fry, Public Defender of Cook County (Emily Eisner, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, County of Cook (Renee Goldfarb, Linda Woloshin and Judy L. DeAngelis, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Presiding Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant Patrick Tainter was found guilty of the murder of Yvonne Johnson. The trial court found defendant eligible for an extended term sentence and sentenced him to 75 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Defendant now appeals.

The record on appeal indicates the following facts. Before trial, defendant filed motions in...

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