PEOPLE v. CHILDRESS

No. 4-98-0449.

715 N.E.2d 1194 (1999)

306 Ill. App.3d 755

240 Ill.Dec. 137

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Travis C. CHILDRESS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

June 29, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed), Martin J. Ryan, Assistant Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for Travis C. Childress.

Lawrence R. Fichter, State's Attorney, Decatur, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Charles F. Mansfield, Staff Attorney, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for the People.


Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

In September 1997, the State charged defendant, Travis C. Childress, by information with obstructing justice (720 ILCS 5/31-4(a) (West Supp.1997)), theft of property having a value in excess of $300 (720 ILCS 5/16-1(a)(1)(A) (West 1996)), and two counts of robbery (720 ILCS 5/18-1 (West 1996)). The State later elected to prosecute the obstruction of justice charge first, and in December 1997, a jury convicted defendant...

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