People v. Gill

PRESIDING JUSTICE HARTMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury convicted defendant of armed robbery and attempted murder. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, pars. 8 — 4, 9 — 1, 18 — 2(a).) On appeal, we are asked to determine whether the State proved him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; a bullet found in his possession was improperly admitted into evidence; he was denied effective assistance of counsel; his sentence to life imprisonment was imposed pursuant to an unconstitutional statute; and his previous felony convictions were proved beyond a reasonable doubt.

At 10 p.m. on March 6, 1985,…