PEOPLE v. STEWART

No. 1-05-3868.

880 N.E.2d 183 (2008)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Orlando STEWART, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

Rehearing Denied December 19, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (James Fitzgerald, Tasha-Marie Kelly, Sheila A. Morrissey, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Therese Bissell, Assistant Appellate Defenders, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.


Presiding Justice McBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant, Orlando Stewart, was found guilty of residential burglary and sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) the trial court erred in allowing evidence of his other crimes; and (3) his sentence is excessive.

At defendant's trial, James and Leslie Sykes testified that...

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