PEOPLE v. JOYNER

No. 2-99-0433.

739 N.E.2d 594 (2000)

317 Ill.App.3d 93

250 Ill.Dec. 831

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bonzell Lamar JOYNER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied December 7, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller and Thomas A. Lilien, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, Elgin, for appellant.

David R. Akemann, State's Attorney, of St. Charles (Martin P. Moltz and Gregory L. Slovacek, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Justice RAPP delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury in the circuit court of Kane County convicted defendant, Bonzell Lamar Joyner, of the murder of Armando Mendez. The trial court sentenced defendant to natural life imprisonment. Defendant appeals, raising the following contentions: (1) that the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) that prosecutorial misconduct deprived him of a fair trial; (3) that he was deprived of the assistance...

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