People v. Adams

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCORMICK

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant Michael Adams was found guilty, inter alia, of two counts of armed robbery and sentenced to concurrent terms of 20 years’ imprisonment. On direct appeal, this court affirmed but remanded to determine if the State had improperly used peremptory challenges to racially discriminate in jury selection. (People v. Adams (1987), 156 Ill. App. 3d 444, 509 N.E.2d 482.) Upon remand, the State did not offer an adequate explanation for its peremptory challenges. The trial…