People v. Ciccia

Defendant, William Ciccia, was charged (as was codefendant Leonard Cemiglia) with one count of armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 18 — 2) of a Dominick’s grocery store in Chicago. Defendant was also charged with one count of unlawful use of a firearm by a felon (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 24 — 1.1). The State nol-prossed this count. The court denied defendant’s motions to quash arrest and suppress evidence, and to suppress identification testimony.

Defendants’ cause was not severed. Cemiglia, tried by the court, was acquitted. Defendant was convicted by the jury and the…