PEOPLE v. EATON

No. 1-97-4223.

718 N.E.2d 1020 (1999)

307 Ill. App.3d 397

241 Ill.Dec. 166

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lionel EATON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

August 23, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago (Deborah J. Israel, of counsel), for Appellant.

Office of the State's Attorney, County of Cook, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, William D. Carroll, Mary P. Needham, of Counsel), for Appellee.


Presiding Justice SHEILA M. O'BRIEN delivered the opinion of the court.

A jury convicted defendant, Lionel Eaton, of four counts of attempted first degree murder and four counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm in connection with the shootings of Officers Eldridge and Richards. The trial court merged all the counts into two counts of attempted first degree murder and sentenced defendant to two concurrent 20-year terms of imprisonment. On appeal, defendant argues...

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