People v. Montes

PRESIDING JUSTICE EGAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Julio Montes, was indicted with Walter Godinez for murder, attempted armed robbery and armed violence. The defendant’s case was severed from that of Godinez; after a bench trial, he was found guilty of all three charges and sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment. A jury later convicted Godinez of murder; and that conviction was affirmed. People v. Godinez (1989), 191 Ill. App. 3d 6.

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