People v. Spicer

Following a bench trial, defendant, Donald Spicer, was convicted of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, pars. 9—1(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3)), armed violence (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 33A—2), and attempted armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, pars. 8—4, 18—2). Defendant was sentenced to concurrent terms of 40 years for three counts of murder and 15 years for attempted armed robbery. On appeal, defendant contends: (1) eyewitness lineup identification evidence should have been suppressed as the fruit of an illegal arrest; (2) the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a…