People v. LaRue modified July 16

FOURTH DIVISION

JULY 16, 1998

No. 1--95--3991

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

DON LARUE,

Defendant-Appellant.)))))))))

Appeal from the

Circuit Court of

Cook County

No. 93--CR--22217

Honorable

James Schreier,

Judge Presiding.

OPINION ON REHEARING

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(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…