People v. Smith

732 N.E.2d 513 (2000)

191 Ill.2d 408

247 Ill.Dec. 458

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee,

v.

Earl SMITH, Appellant.

No. 87103.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

May 25, 2000.

Rehearing Denied July 3, 2000.

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Peter A. Carusona and Donna K. Kelly, Assistant Defenders, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for Appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Michael Kick, State's Attorney, of Kankakee (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, and William L. Browers and Russell K. Benton, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of…