PEOPLE v. LEE

No. 4-97-0457.

691 N.E.2d 117 (1998)

294 Ill. App.3d 738

229 Ill.Dec. 181

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mark E. LEE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

Rehearing Denied March 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Harrod (argued), Harrod Law Firm, P.C., Eureka, for Mark E. Lee.

Stewart J. Umholtz, State's Attorney, Pekin, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Perry L. Miller (argued), Staff Attorney, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for the People.


Justice McCUSKEY delivered the opinion of the court:

On April 2, 1997, a jury found the defendant, Mark E. Lee, guilty of armed robbery (720 ILCS 5/18-2 (West 1994)). He was subsequently sentenced to six years' imprisonment. On appeal, the defendant argues that his conviction should be reversed because: (1) the indictment was defective in that it did not allege a mental state; (2) the jury relied upon improper comments made by the prosecutor; and (3) the State did...

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