People v. Franklin

delivered the modified opinion of the court:

The defendant Eddie L. Franklin was indicted for the offenses of murder and attempted armed robbery. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1; Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 8 — 4.) After a jury trial he was found not guilty of the offense of murder, but guilty of the offense of attempted armed robbery, and sentenced on that conviction to a term of 9 to 14 years in the penitentiary.

In this appeal the defendant presents a number of issues for our consideration. First, whether the trial court erred in failing to suppress the defendant’s…