PEOPLE v. WASHINGTON

No. 1-05-0138.

873 N.E.2d 540 (2007)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jonathan WASHINGTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Rehearing Denied September 10, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Georgia N. Vagenas, Assistant Appellate Defender, Ann B. McClennan, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, James E. Fitzgerald, Assistant State's Attorney, Veronica Calderon Malavia, Assistant State's Attorney, Andrea E. Forsyth, Assistant State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Appellee.


Presiding Justice THEIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Jonathan Washington was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) the trial court committed reversible error when it refused to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of theft; (2) he was denied his sixth amendment right to effective assistance of counsel...

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