PEOPLE v. WEMBLEY

No. 1-00-4196.

796 N.E.2d 97 (2003)

342 Ill. App.3d 129

277 Ill.Dec. 382

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald WEMBLEY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

Rehearing Denied August 20, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago (Assistant Appellate Defender Robert Hirschhorn, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Assistant State's Attorneys Renee Goldfarb, James Fitzgerald and Maureen McGee, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice QUINN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following separate jury trials, defendant, Ronald Wembley (defendant), and Roosevelt Stevens (codefendant), were both convicted of first degree murder. 720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1) (West 1998). The trial court sentenced defendant to 45 years in prison. This appeal followed.

On appeal, defendant argues that he was denied a fair trial because: (1) the trial court questioned his venire en masse and asked potential jurors...

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