People v. Lemons

729 N.E.2d 489 (2000)

191 Ill.2d 155

246 Ill.Dec. 116

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee,

v.

Henry Bruce LEMONS, Appellant.

No. 87131.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

April 20, 2000.

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, Gary R. Peterson and Catherine K. Hart, Assistant Defenders, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for Appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield Brett Irving, State's Attorney, Pittsfield (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, William L. Browers and Adrian J. Barrio, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Following a 1997 bench…