PEOPLE v. McCOMB

No. 1-98-3946.

728 N.E.2d 503 (2000)

312 Ill. App.3d 589

245 Ill.Dec. 421

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George McCOMB, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

March 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard M. Rubin, Director, DePaul Legal Clinic, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Mary L. Boland and Linda Halperin, of counsel), for Appellee.


Presiding Justice FROSSARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant George McComb was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to 10 years in prison. On appeal, defendant contends that the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and that the court abused its discretion by imposing a 10-year prison sentence.

FACTS

At trial, Sam Newton testified that on December 21, 1997, at about 11 a.m., he left a...

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