People v. LaRue

PRESIDING JUSTICE CERDA

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant, Don LaRue, was convicted of first-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9 — 1(a) (West 1994)), aggravated vehicular hijacking (720 ILCS 5/18 — 4(a)(3) (West 1996)), and armed robbery (720 ILCS 5/18 — 2(a) (West 1994)). He was sentenced to concurrent terms of 50 years’ imprisonment for the first-degree murder, 30 years’ imprisonment for the aggravated vehicular hijacking, and 30 years’ imprisonment for the armed robbery. Defendant requests that his conviction be reversed because (1) he was charged in an indictment…