People v. Washington

809 N.E.2d 239 (2004)

348 Ill. App.3d 231

284 Ill.Dec. 117

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

Tommie WASHINGTON, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 1-03-0013.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

April 30, 2004.

Edwin A. Burnette, Cook County Public Defender, Chicago (Bruce C. Landrum, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Michele Grimaldi Stein and Miles J. Keleher, of counsel), for Appellee.

Presiding Justice FROSSARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial in 1997, defendant…