PEOPLE v. PEARSON

No. 4-99-0378.

756 N.E.2d 438 (2001)

324 Ill. App.3d 622

258 Ill.Dec. 456

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marlon J. PEARSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

September 10, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed) (Cory E. Easton, of counsel), Office of State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for Marlon J. Pearson.

Scott Rueter, State's Attorney, Decatur, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Denise M. Ambrose, Staff Attorney, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for the People.


Justice KNECHT delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial in January 1999, the trial court convicted defendant, Marlon Pearson, of armed robbery and armed violence. In March 1999, the trial court sentenced him to concurrent prison terms of 48 years and 20 years, respectively. He appeals, contending (1) the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt because the victims' identifications of him were contradicted by other evidence, (2) the...

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