People v. Goines

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SMITH

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant was found guilty of armed robbery in a jury trial and sentenced by the circuit court of Champaign County to a term of 5 to 15 years in the penitentiary. In this court, he contends (1) that he was denied a full and meaningful preliminary hearing, (2) that trial counsel was incompetent, (3) that the trial court erred in refusing to allow newly discovered evidence that a third person confessed to the crime, and (4) whether his guilt was established beyond a reasonable doubt.

At the time of the occurrences, the defendant…