People v. Long

PRESIDING JUSTICE McMORROW

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of two counts of armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 18 — 2(a)) and sentenced to natural life imprisonment as a habitual offender (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 33B — 1). On appeal, defendant contends that (1) the trial court erred in denying his motion to quash his warrant-less arrest and suppress his subsequent inculpatory statement as the fruit of an illegal arrest, and (2) he was denied effective assistance of counsel at the hearing on his motion to quash, and at…