People v. Turner

PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of forgery and sentenced to a term of five years. She was arrested and charged with forgery after endorsing another person’s name to a check and, using that person’s Jewel Tea Co. check-cashing card, she attempted to cash the check at a Jewel Tea store.

On appeal, raising issues concerning only the jury selection and the sentencing process, defendant contends that (1) she was denied a fair trial when all 10 of the State’s peremptory challenges were used to systematically exclude blacks…